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17 April, 2000Following last year's murder of a Swedish trade unionist, three suspects have now been convicted.
SWEDEN: The three young Swedish men who were detained in Stockholm last October on suspicion of killing 41-year-old trade union activist Björn Söderberg have been convicted of aiding and abetting the murder. As there was no proof as to who actually pulled the trigger, the three men, known by police to be neo-Nazis, were not convicted on the principal charge of murder.
Two of the defendants, aged 23 and 24, were sentenced to jail terms of 6 years and the third, aged 21, to four and a half years. Their names were not given.
In the summer of 1999, the ill-fated Björn Söderberg had strongly criticised the election of one of the three as a trade union representative for the Commercial Employees' Union when he learned that the young man was a Nazi. Following this, the 23-year-old was expelled from the union, which declared that "Nazis have no place in trade unions."
Two of the defendants, aged 23 and 24, were sentenced to jail terms of 6 years and the third, aged 21, to four and a half years. Their names were not given.
In the summer of 1999, the ill-fated Björn Söderberg had strongly criticised the election of one of the three as a trade union representative for the Commercial Employees' Union when he learned that the young man was a Nazi. Following this, the 23-year-old was expelled from the union, which declared that "Nazis have no place in trade unions."