"Act of terrorism that cannot be accepted"

 

Gubbängen

Large demonstration in Gubbängen after the attack: "Terrorist act"

Martin Palmborg

Updated 14.20 | Published 13.02

Thousands of people today joined a support demonstration after Wednesday's attack in Gubbängen.

The Green Party's likely next mouthpiece did not mince words:

- It was an act of terrorism and it can never be accepted.

There was a large turnout at the anti-fascist demonstration at Gubbängstorget, which was held after the attack on the Moment Theater when several masked men stormed a political meeting and threw smoke bombs.

According to witnesses, the men allegedly also abused participants and sprayed them with paint on their faces.

 

Thousands gathered in Gubbängen in Stockholm.
1 / 2Photo: Andreas Bardell

Magdalena Andersson: "Doesn't budge an inch"

Expo and the Left Party believe that the perpetrators were Nazis. Something several of the speakers raised at the demonstration.

- We will not back down, we will not budge an inch for the far-right. We will stand up for everyone's equal value, says S leader Magdalena Andersson.

Amanda Lind, who tomorrow is expected to be elected as the new spokesperson for the Green Party, believes "that a limit has been crossed".

- It was an act of terrorism and it can never be accepted. It was an attack on our open democratic society, she says.

 

Tess Asplund and Sandra Eriksson.
Amanda Lind.
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"We stick together"

According to the organizers, around 2,500 people participated in the demonstration. Two of them were Tess Asplund and Sandra Eriksson.

- We are here to show that we are more than them. That the fight continues and that we mark solidarity. We stick together, says Tess Asplund, whose opposition to NMR in Borlänge on May Day became world news in 2016.

Their friends were beaten at the meeting on Wednesday.

- Anyone who wants to get involved in different ways against racism and for everyone's equal value should not have to be afraid that they will be abused. It does not belong in a modern and open democratic society, says Sandra Eriksson.

Nafi Cilgin, who also made it to the square, was very upset when he heard about the attack earlier this week.

- It felt terrible. Where is the limit, how far can one go? Everyone, regardless of party affiliation, must act and speak out. This is not okay, he says.

Several patrols were on site. Photo: Oscar Olsson/TT

Police on site

The police were also on site with several resources during Saturday.

The attack is classified as causing danger to another, disturbing the peace, two counts of assault and breach of the Act on Flammable and Explosive Goods.

- The investigators are interviewing a large number of witnesses and reviewing footage, says police spokesperson Ola Österling to TT.

No one has yet been arrested.

 

Nooshi Dadgostar spoke.
1 / 2Photo: Oscar Olsson/TT