2013 Stockholm Kärrtorp riots
Date15 December 2013
Location
Kärrtorp, Stockholm, Sweden
Methods
Resulted inDozens of rioters arrested, police regain control of areas affected.
Parties
Anti-fascists
Number
500–800
40
Casualties
Injuries4

On 15 December 2013, violent clashes took place during an anti-racist demonstration in the Kärrtorp district of Stockholm, Sweden. The demonstration was organised by Linje 17, its name referring to the Stockholm Metro Line 17 that runs through Kärrtorp. The demonstration was violently attacked by neo-Nazis. Two demonstrators and two police officers were injured and hospitalised.[2]

Events

Amid increasing racist activity in Kärrtorp including racist graffiti on a local school, the newly created Linje 17 organised a demonstration against this. About 200 people participated in the protest on Sunday 15 December. Only six police officers were put in place for the event.

A group of about forty men belonging to the Swedish Resistance Movement (Svenska Motståndsrörelsen), armed with brass knuckles and iron rods, interrupted and attacked the demonstration. They threw stones, bottles and fireworks.[3] Members of the far-left Antifascistisk Aktion and Revolutionary Front groups who took part in the demonstration went into opposition against the neo-Nazis.[4]

The chants of "Adolf Hitler" and "Sieg Heil" were audible.[5] The Swedish Resistance Movement attackers were forced to retreat the scene when police gained control of the trouble.[6]

Aftermath

The second demonstrations of Kärrtorp, attended by thousands
The second demonstrations of Kärrtorp, attended by thousands

Around 28 people were arrested immediately after the incident.[7]

In response to the trouble, Linje 17 organised a second anti-racist demonstration a week later on 22 December. 16,000 people participated, including many local and well-known artists and parliamentary figures.[8]

The word "kärrtorpa" was added to the 2014 Språkrådets nyordslista meaning "opposing to the spread of Nazi propaganda and Nazi violence". The world list is published yearly by the Swedish Language Council and contain new words in the Swedish language.[9]

Convictions

Twenty three neo-Nazis were convicted of violence.[10] A far-left activist received a prison sentence in April 2014 for six and a half years for stabbing a neo-Nazi in the back. He was sentenced for attempted manslaughter, making illegal threats, illegal rioting, and unlawful possession of a knife.[5][11]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Half of arrested neo-Nazi rioters are teens". The Local. 17 December 2013.
  2. ↑ "Neo-Nazi clashes in Sweden: One year on". 12 December 2014.
  3. ↑ Morgenstein, Mark. "Neo-Nazis attack anti-racism demonstrators in Sweden". CNN.
  4. ↑ "Seven prosecuted for Stockholm neo-Nazi attack". 17 February 2014 – via sverigesradio.se.
  5. 1 2 "Kärrtorp clashes: Four neo-Nazis jailed". 5 June 2014.
  6. ↑ "Nine more jailed for Stockholm Nazi attack". 26 March 2015.
  7. ↑ "Swedish police: 28 detained after neo-Nazi attack". 15 December 2013.
  8. ↑ Wikstrom, Cajsa. "Thousands rally against racism in Sweden". www.aljazeera.com.
  9. ↑ "Nyordslistan" (PDF). Institutet för språk och folkminnen. Archived from the original (PDF) on 30 December 2014. Retrieved 18 July 2018.
  10. ↑ "Police detain extreme-left suspect in Kärrtorp riot". The Local. 21 March 2014.
  11. ↑ "Jail for man who stabbed 'unarmed' neo-Nazi". www.thelocal.se. 29 April 2014. Retrieved 18 January 2019.
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