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Thursday, July 21, 2022

Sweden: Prison Sentences for Koran Rioters


                                                                                                       "Heigh ho, heigh ho, it's off to jail I go"


Swedish justice may be lax, but it is quick it seems. Three men were sentenced to prison today ranging from 2 years 6 months to 4 years for their part in a riot in Linköping in repose to Danish activist Rasmus Paludan's Koran-burning demonstrations in Sweden during Easter week.

The below article from SVT News is translated by Fousesquawk.

 https://www.svt.se/nyheter/lokalt/ost/se-polisens-egna-bilder-fran-upploppet-i-skaggertorp

Caption: See police's own photos from April 17 in the Skäggetorp district in Linköping: Photo: Pictures from the preliminary investigation.

See police's own photos from riot in Skäggetorp .

Updated today at 05:58. Posted today at 05:11

On Thursday the judgment came down against the three men charged for aggravated sabotage against emergency services in Östergötland on April 17 this year. In the above video, you can see images from the police's own body cameras the same day. 

The images come from the police preliminary investigation and refer to the events that played out on Sunday, April 17 in the district of Skäggetorp district in Linköping. The images are part of the evidence during the trial that ended with prison sentences for the three men.

The 19-year-old was sentenced to 2 years and six months in prison. The 26-year-old was sentenced to three years and six months in prison. The 21-year-old was sentenced to four years in prison. 







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