38 Nazis arrested for rioting – Aftonbladet

Protesters from Nazi Swedish Resistance Movement has been arrested at Medborgarplatsen in Stockholm.

They suspected, among other things, for rioting, incitement to racial hatred and violence against the officer.

– When they were set up, they began to rush, says Eva Nilsson at Stockholm police.

At 14 o’clock on Saturday wrote the police on his website to 40 people with placards and banners gathered in Östermalm to carry out an unauthorized demonstration programs. The police arrived to escort the demonstrators, who comes from Nazi Swedish Resistance Movement, Södermalm.

– It was quiet the entire way, but when they would set themselves at Medborgarplatsen something happened and they began to rush toward police , says Eva Nilsson at Stockholm police.

No counter-demonstrators

Eva Nilsson declares that there seems to have been no counter-demonstrators at the scene.

When Aftonbladet arrive at the Civic Square is located or lies about 35 people bundled to the ground and waiting to be run from there in small groups.

– They should not be removed without a hearing on the police station. We have some left to run in, says Eva Nilsson at 16:15 o’clock.

– All are suspected of rioting, then individuals also be singled out for other crimes, but please allow me to return to.

In the scuffle with the police, one of the Nazis have received injuries requiring medical care.

Conducted at three stations

Police later announced that 38 people arrested and transferred to three different police stations.

– All are suspected of rioting. Ten of them are suspected of further offenses. It was, among other things, violence against civil servant, hate speech and incitement to riot, it is thus the or those who have called on. After they heard made the individual trials by prosecutors to assess whether they should be released or detained. It will probably take all night, says Eva Nilsson.

The police was on site with about eight buses, about as many cars and at least six horses. Aftonbladet reporter Frida Söderlund stated that the police used pepper spray at stake.

The illegal demonstration and tumult at Medborgarplatsen classified as crimes against the Public Order Act and rioting.

The police did not interrupt the demonstration already in Östermalm because it is at the time not to suffer “severe disorder,” says Eva Nilsson.

– There is a constitutional right to receive demonstrating whether you have permission or not.