Nazi suspected of abuse during Almedal week

Police state that a man was arrested in Visby on suspicion of having abused motives for hatred.

Camilla Wagner says there were Nazis caused by her rainbow flag

– A big man was jumping and giving me a rugby tick I stole When I look up , there is a police officer of the Civil Guard on this person, "said Camilla Wagner.

Wednesday evening, the police were arrested during the political week in Almedalen A man is arrested for abuse of motive of hatred in Österport in Visby, the police said for Aftonbladet

– If I understood the situation well, there are two people who meet and a person is beaten. And we suspect that there is a motive of hate behind the abuse, "said Mats Eriksson, presidential spokesman for the police

Why do you feel that there is a motivation of hate

? Suppose it's the reason why this person was beaten, "says Mats Eriksson at the police

Woordskifte at Södertorg

Journalist and debater Camilla Wagner is the person claiming to have been beaten. It's the thirteenth year she's been visiting Almedalen

On Wednesday night, she and her company encountered a clash with people in white shirts with arrows. She thought that they belonged to the Nazi Nordic Resistance Movement

– and I am so shocked that I say loud and clear: "Oh, that's Nazi!" And then one of them turns around and says "yes, life". And it provokes me a bit, so I tell my company that we are going to look for the flag of pride that I have in the garden and that we take it to Södertorg, where we understood that they would be, "says Camilla Wagner

at Södertorg There was an exchange of words between the group of white girls and her company that was screaming about the equal rights of all, says Camilla Wagner. She estimates that it was about 30 people from the NMR

– We provoke them well there. They wore the flag and it becomes a bit like being in a school yard. We run after them and they push us in different ways, then they put the flag in a garbage can, but we'll pick it up, says Camilla Wagner.

"Like a rugby jersey"

Annular wall. A moment later, in Österport, Camilla Wagner again meets a group that she considers to be NMR – now in dark blue polo. She says that she and her company joined the group and shouted about everyone's equal worth – and met shouts that they were pedophiles, stupid in their heads and left behind.

– I film a girl I walk and talk to Try to understand what she wants. And I do not see it myself, but my colleague told me that a man jumps and pushes me with a rugby jersey. Me and my phone fly and land in the back

She is grateful that the police are in place and intervene directly.

– When I get up, I see that there is a civilized policeman on this person. So the police were always on our side and I'm so grateful. They immediately took it and collected our testimony on the spot, "said Camilla Wagner

. Shaken after the event

Camilla Wagner is shaken after the incident and has a bump in She is aware that her rainbow flag would be perceived as a provocation.

– It was a provocation, absolutely, but not a provocation that I think deserves an offense. are more those who represent love and transparency than hatred and prejudice.Almedalen is the essence of democracy, and if we do not open up without being beaten, I do not know if I want to come back , says Camilla Wagner

– I'm a tad, how dangerous can I be for them?

5 July 2018 1:20