Former high jumper Stefan Holm has apologized after an incident in Gothenburg.
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The incident stems from a television feature in the program Breaking News 2018 where Emil Persson read out controversial claims about Stefan Holm and his son.
In the fall of 2018, the former high jumper Patrik Sjöberg is a guest in the program "Breaking News" on Channel 5. During a segment, a number of statements are read out to which Sjöberg then reacts,
"If you met Stefan Holm in a dark and witnessless alley, you would extinguish his life."
The person who reads the statement is Emil Persson. Shortly afterwards, he reads out a similar formulation that includes Stefan Holm's son, the now established high jumper Melwin Lycke Holm, who was 14 years old at the time.
Eight years later: Attack on Emil Persson during the Book Fair
In connection with the Book Fair in Gothenburg 2026, Stefan Holm's and Emil Persson's paths suddenly crossed on Saturday evening. Holm then physically attacked Persson.
- I have felt very bad about this for eight years, Stefan Holm told SVT Nyheter during the evening, shortly after the incident.
The police have drawn up a report of assault, and Stefan Holm has apologized to Emil Persson in a long post on Facebook.
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