Bohlin Claims Harassment by Activists
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Bohlin Claims Harassment by Activists Outside Parliament

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In a post on X, Carl-Oskar Bohlin (The Moderate Party), Minister for Civil Defence, states that he was harassed by Palestine activists on Monday evening. "A group of people with antisocial dominant behavior started harassing me, which resulted in me simply not being able to get home," Bohlin writes in the post.

The incident occurred when the minister left the parliament on Monday evening and in the video clip he posted, the activists can be heard shouting "shame on you" and "a genocide is underway".

"In addition to screaming like idiots in my ears, the vast majority also had both film cameras and mobile phones", writes Bohlin.

In order not to reveal his home address, the minister writes that he had to turn back to the parliament building after the incident.

Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson (M) comments on the incident in a statement to TT:

"I have a message tonight to the Palestine activists in Stockholm: Sweden is a democracy and you are welcome to express your opinion about the Middle East. But stop immediately threatening Swedish politicians. I now expect all parties and all party leaders to immediately distance themselves from the mob behavior that Carl Oskar Bohlin was subjected to tonight".

The Moderate Party's party leader, Magdalena Andersson has also commented on the incident.

"No politician should be harassed on the street. In Sweden, everyone has the right to express their opinion, but what Carl-Oskar Bohlin was subjected to tonight is completely unacceptable. It damages our open society", she writes on X.

Several other ministers have also commented on the whole thing on X, including Ebba Busch (KD) and Simona Mohamsson (The Liberals).

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