Sung German songs, threatened with a knife and carried an ax in the car.
A 57-year-old man is charged with death threats against SD leader Fredrik Thomasson and gross violation of the Knife Act after events at the polling booths on Stortorget in Karlshamn on election day.
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The incident took place among the polling booths on Stortorget in Karlshamn on election day.
It was on election day that the scenes unfolded among the polling booths on Stortorget in Karlshamn.
The 57-year-old man is said to have first been inside a café on the square and behaved provocatively there when top moderator Magnus Sandgren entered.
- The man behaved badly, and said, among other things, that "Ulf Kristersson kills children". When I asked him what he was doing, he wondered if I threatened him, says Magnus Sandgren (M) in the police interrogation.
Threatened SD peak
Shortly afterwards, the 57-year-old appeared at the polling booths, according to several witnesses, and continued to behave unruly - mainly towards SD leader Fredrik Thomasson.
- He comes up and sings German songs and says he's going to stab me with his knife, says Fredrik Thomasson (SD) in the police interrogation.
After the threats are repeated several times, Thomasson (SD) grabs hold of the man to detain him. Later, police arrive at the scene and arrest the man.
Charged with several crimes
During a search of the 57-year-old's car, which was parked at the square, two knives and a small ax were found.
Now the man is charged with the death threat against Fredrik Thomasson and a serious crime against the Knife Act. The man denies any crime and says that he himself was threatened, pushed and persecuted.
The 57-year-old has previously been convicted of several similar threats.
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