During the second day of the trial at Stockholm District Court, the defendants are heard. All are in their 20s and express themselves eloquently, without much emotion.
In police interrogations, the quartet has answered everything with "no comment". In court, they are more eloquent - but no one has noticed anything that was not demonstrably seen on surveillance footage. Nor is anyone particularly keen to comment on what others in the group have done.
“I will only talk about myself,” is a recurring phrase.
The suspected assault of a man on the subway was a case of self-defense, they claim.
The initial suspected robbery is described as a “rumble,” started by the plaintiffs, who allegedly acted aggressively and intimidatingly.
One of them, who the prosecutor believes was the driving force throughout the entire incident, admits that he immediately afterwards hit a man from behind. But only because he believed the man was part of a gang from the previous "rally", he claims.
"I understand it as him calling in reinforcements. It happens in a sudden situation of adrenaline," he says.
They deny testimony that they laughed during the beating.
“Cheeky with history”
They didn't have any fights or action planned. The night out was just about "having a few beers in good company."
The connection with the Nazi Aktivklubb Sverige or the Stockholm branch of the White Boys has no desire to talk about. No one wants to comment on the fact that their own chats indicate that one of them had traveled from Western Sweden specifically to join the movement.
"The main focus for me is to develop physically and mentally," one of them answers when asked what the active club means to him.
Everyone denies that they have right-wing extremist views.
"I think it's cheeky to talk about history," says one of them, in whose home the police found, among other things, Hitler's "Mein Kampf."
“Like an outcast”
During the day, the final testimonies from the victims will also be heard.
The man in his 40s who was knocked down from behind and subjected to the most severe assault has been forced to get several dental implants and still suffers from headaches.
But the worst thing is the insult, he explains.
I haven't attacked anyone, haven't been aggressive towards anyone, so why? This is a shame for me.
The prosecutor asks the man, who originates from Syria, how he feels after being attacked because of his origin.
Like an outcast.
The charges against four men in their 20s include aggravated assault, battery and robbery. The incidents occurred during the night of August 27.
In the first attack on Kungsgatan in Stockholm, the group is suspected of having unprovokedly attacked a man who was on his way home from work. They allegedly hit him in the face with an umbrella, kicked him while he was lying down, and robbed him of his cap and headphones. They also allegedly shouted racist slurs and chased the man's friend.
Just minutes later, a lone man was attacked while standing and smoking on Birger Jarlsgatan. Witnesses have described how he was hit in the back of the head and fell over. When he was lying on the ground, the attack continued with punches and kicks. The man lost several teeth, and he has had permanent pain in his head and impaired hearing. He himself does not remember anything about the incident.
Shortly afterwards, another man was assaulted on the subway by three men. The entire incident was caught on surveillance camera, where the perpetrators' faces are clearly visible, and shows them jumping on the man without provocation, punching and kicking him.
