Two people have been hospitalised with burn injuries after a group of fascists armed with flares attacked a sit-in in central Stockholm
Anti-fascists hold off Nordic Youth activists
More than a dozen people were assaulted in the attack by the far-right Nordic Youth group on Wednesday evening, according to reports on social media. After the attack more than 300 people remained at the sit-in, which is a protest against deportations to Afghanistan.
The sit-in was being held between the Swedish Parliament and Royal Palace, right in the centre of Stockholm. The Nordic Youth group was responsible for a near identical attack, in the same location, on a protest to defend the rights of unaccompanied refugee children in May.
Police made no arrests after the attack and have said the sit-in must relocate to a less high-profile location, Citizens' Square, "to increase [their] security".
Fascist "Nordic Youth" attacked Stockholm sit-in against deportation to Afghanistan with bengal fire. Burn injuries, 2 to hospital. [1/2]→ pic.twitter.com/AEDlH4OoEa
— b9AcE (@b9AcE) August 9, 2017
Comments
Video plenty of Stockholmites
Video plenty of Stockholmites showing up to support the hundreds and hundreds of strikers after the attack
It looks like the stewards
It looks like the stewards and the police are attempting to maintain the sit down protest whilst the demo is under attack by fascists. But it also seems that there are a fair amount of people who were up for counter attacking the fascists.
Struggles are interlinked as
Struggles are interlinked as Afghan refugees applaud the Stockholm garbage collectors who are on wildcat strike since a few weeks following a bid by the new shady contractor Renonorden to slash their wages by around 1000 EUR. The sit-in strike continues.