(Yle) Some protesters planned to burn a Koran at an anti-Nato demonstration held in Helsink[i] last week, but then reconsidered after learning it would be against the law, according to city police.
The Helsinki Police Department’s chief inspector, Heikki Porola, told Yle that the protest’s arrangers had notified the department about the demonstration plans, but later, authorities learned on social media about some protesters planning to burn a Koran at the event.
“We contacted the organiser of the demonstration and told them that [burning a Koran] was not legal in Finland,” Porola said.
