Wednesday, March 26, 2008

Three assaults on journalists in Bergsjön

Three journalists has recently been assaulted on three different occations in Bergsjön, near Gothenburg, Sweden.
  • A photographer working for Swedish television network TV4 in Bergsjön was surronded by 15 persons and had his camera equipment destroyed. He or she was verbally threatened to be killed.
  • This friday one free-lancing photographer was battered when taking photos in Bergsjön.
  • One reporter and a photographer from SvT, Swedish public service television, had their equippment destroyed when working i Bergsjön. Their photos were destroyed as well.


  • Media attention has been on Bergsjön since one person was murdered there earlier in March. The murdered person was known by the police. The reason for the murder is unknown to this blog. The population of Bergsjön is 14 500 and 60 % of the population is of a foreign background.

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