A heavily pregnant black woman was hospitalised after she was dragged off a Stockholm train and overpowered by guards.
Stockholm metro security guards said the woman, who was travelling with her young daughter, was caught without a ticket.
The woman, believed to be about eight months' pregnant, was taken to hospital after the incident. Source: Instagram
After an argument with the guards, two men dragged her off the train and pushed her down onto a bench at Hotorget metro station.
Her young daughter who was crying uncontrollably walks behind with another woman and is later led away by a third guard.
Footage of the incident, which has been shared widely on social media, has sparked outrage and accusations that the guards were "racially profiling" the woman.
Activist Lovette Jallow, who posted the video on her Instagram, said she wasn't surprised by the mistreatment.
"The victim is currently in the hospital and all I can do is hope the baby is alright," she said.
Swedish media reported that the two guards have been suspended and an investigation underway.
Police are also investigating the potential assault.
"There are many mobile phone videos that have been posted about this that suggest that the security guards were too forceful," Henrik Palmer of Stockholm's SL public transport provider told Swedish media.
In a statement to the BBC an SL spokesperson said: "What we do know is that the woman was caught without a valid ticket in a ticket check and was given a penalty fare.
"She refused this and therefore she, according to our rules, was asked to leave the subway."
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