According to police, he was subjected to repeated blows to the head, P4 Kristianstad reportsP4 Kristianstad. The beaten man, who is in his 20s, was taken to hospital after the incident on Thursday evening, but was able to go home later that night.
When our election workers come out of a stairwell, a man is standing there waiting for them, and they are then attacked, says Niklas Karlsson, the Social Democrats' chairman in Skåne, to Kristianstadsbladet.
An 18-year-old man has been arrested for aggravated assault.
Social Democrat leader Magdalena Andersson tells TT that she spoke with the election worker during the morning and describes him as "composed".
We do not need a Sweden where conflicts and division increase, even if we do not know exactly what is behind this, says Andersson.
This is a young person who is committed to building a better country, and to be met with this is terrible, she continues, saying that we all have a responsibility not to "raise the tone" in the debate.
Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson (M) writes in an email that he takes the incident seriously:
"Our fine democracy is built on thousands of socially engaged citizens raising their voices, taking to the streets and squares and participating in the democratic debate. Threats and violence must never be accepted. All support to the affected election worker," says Ulf Kristersson.
SD leader Jimmie Åkesson also comments: "Attacking an election worker is not only an attack on the individual, but also an attack on our democracy," he writes on X.
