In August 1995, a bunch of 4 younger males, recognized for his or her ties to the neo-Nazi skinhead subculture and the militant Nazi community Vitt Ariskt Motstånd, brutally murdered 14-year-old John Hron.
Hron was tenting with a pal at a lake in Kungälv Municipality when the group of neo-Nazis, wearing Nazi clothes and enjoying loud White Energy music, approached their campsite.
4 people relentlessly beat and tortured Hron for hours, using a sadistic “cat-and-mouse” strategy. They kicked, hit, and even threw heavy beer cans at his face.
The group started bodily and verbally abusing Hron, throwing beer cans in his face and demanding that he declare his love for Nazism.
The assault additionally concerned burning Hron with a flaming piece of wooden, stomping on his abdomen, destroying his belongings, and setting hearth to the tent he shared with Christian.
Regardless of pleas to be launched, the attackers endured, pushing Hron into a close-by lake whereas he was nonetheless alive.
Two assailants positioned themselves on the other facet of the lake, able to catch Hron if he tried to flee. The attackers threatened to kill Christian if Hron didn’t return to shore, prompting Hron to swim again to avoid wasting his pal.
Hron, recognized for standing up towards racism, refused and was savagely crushed for hours. The group would supply him a beer and apologize, solely to proceed beating him.
They then rolled his physique into the water, and he drowned.
Daniel Hansson, the first perpetrator of the abuse, who was 18 years outdated on the time, acquired a homicide conviction and was sentenced to eight years in jail.
He was later launched on January 1, 2001. Mikael Fjällholm, who was 15 years outdated, additionally acquired a jail sentence, an uncommon punishment for convicted minors in Sweden. John Billing and BM, whose full identify is unknown, acquired sentences of ten and 4 months in jail, respectively, for his or her involvement within the assault and failure to report the continued abuse and homicide.
The case acquired nationwide consideration and sparked a wave of anti-racist demonstrations in Sweden. Hron posthumously acquired the inaugural Stig Dagerman Prize at no cost speech and world peace.
The younger males concerned within the homicide had ties to violent extremist organizations, and a few had a historical past of psychological instability and violent conduct.
Hron’s grave has been desecrated a number of occasions by neo-Nazis, and Daniel Hansson has been sentenced for extra crimes, together with abusing and beating his then-girlfriend.
