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Nazis knife down feminists on Women’s Day in Sweden
Baku, March 17 (AZERTAC). Armed with knives, Nazis tried to assassinate feminists Saturday night in Malmo, Sweden, when they attacked a group of 4 men and 2 women. 4 of the group suffered knife injuries, including one young man, who was wounded in a lung, and another one was severely injured to the head. He is an anti-homophobia activist, and he is still in a coma. The others who were not stabbed were beaten.
A separate incident took place on March 9th, when a school in central Stockholm was defaced with Nazi graffiti, The Local reported. ”This is the first time there has been anti-Semitic graffiti aimed at Vasa Real and its Jewish students, but if you piece together everything else that’s happening, you’ll see that it’s more than just individual coincidences,” Lena Posner-Körösi, head of the Jewish Community Association of Stockholm, was quoted as saying.
The group of feminists was returning from a 200 strong Reclaim the Night march on Women’s Day.
”The police spokesperson Calle Persson has been hesitant to state that the attackers were Nazis or even that it was a planned attack, yet groups involved in the demonstration have stated that the attackers were Nazis and that it was clearly a “planned attack”.
It’s the second serious Nazi attack in Sweden in the past 3 months. In Stockholm the nazis attacked an anti-fascist demonstration, leaving several antifa injured. Hate crimes are on the rise in Sweden, due to the state’s tolerance – if not more – for the far-right.
“Nazism and racism in all its forms must be opposed, whether in Parliament or on the streets.The threat these groups spread is real and present in many ways, tonight was unfortunately a manifestation of it. Keeping the streets a space free of Nazi and racist expressions, protesting against Nazis and racists when they meet, is a necessity and has always been a necessity. The right-wing violence is serious and should be taken seriously. We stand in solidarity for the future and continue the fight.” With this call, 2,000 people demonstrated against the nazi attack in Malmo on Sunday.