Police in Östergötland say four rapes and 23 sexual assaults were reported at country’s biggest music festival over the weekendSweden’s largest music festival has been cancelled next year due to reports of rape and sexual assaults at the event over the weekend. Allegations of rape and sexual assault at several music festivals in recent years have sparked outrage in Sweden. Police in the south-eastern district of Östergötland, where the annual Bråvalla festival took place, said they received four rape and 23 sexual assault reports between Thursday and Sunday. This year’s Bråvalla festival continued as planned despite the alleged assaults and ended on Saturday with performances by the Killers, Prophets of Rage and Dutch DJ Martin Garrix. FKP Scorpio, the German owner of the Bråvalla festival, blamed last year’s incidents on a drop in ticket sales.

Source: The Guardian July 03, 2017 16:10 UTC