Swedish Civil Defense Minister Carl-Oskar Bohlin was harassed by a group of pro-Palestinian activists outside the parliament building. The activists, who filmed the encounter, prevented him from returning home by following him and shouting slogans. Bohlin criticized the actions as undermining democratic principles, while Energy and Business Minister Ebba Busch emphasized the importance of defending Swedish values.
Swedish Minister Carl-Oskar Bohlin Harassed by Pro-Palestinian Activists
Swedish Minister Carl-Oskar Bohlin Harassed by Pro-Palestinian Activists
Swedish Civil Defense Minister Carl-Oskar Bohlin (M) was harassed by loud pro-Palestinian activists as he exited the parliament building.
"Besides shouting like idiots in my ears, the majority also had both film cameras and mobile phones," the minister wrote on X.
In a post on X, Carl-Oskar Bohlin described how he was followed by a group of pro-Palestinian activists after attending a meeting with the Moderate Party parliamentary group on Monday evening.
He also filmed the incident with his mobile camera and published the clip on X.
"When I stepped out at Mynttorget and was about to walk home, it looked like this. A group of people with antisocial dominance behavior began to follow me, which resulted in me simply not being able to get home, for the simple reason that my address here in Stockholm is not public," Bohlin wrote.
The activists were heard shouting: "There is a genocide going on" and "shame on you," as they followed the minister.
"Besides shouting like idiots in my ears, the majority also had both film cameras and mobile phones that would have been used to document my way home and subsequently my home address, had I completed the walk," Bohlin wrote, who instead returned to the parliament building.
"Right now, the autonomous Palestinian movement is preventing the democratically elected officials from moving according to their own preferences. In my opinion, this is not how we should have it in our country," he concluded in the post.
"It is obvious to me that the autonomous Palestinian movement is currently contributing to undermining fundamental democratic rules. As an elected official in Sweden, one should not have to be followed to their home by something that feels like a lynch mob," Carl-Oskar Bohlin said in a statement after the incident.
The leader of the Christian Democrats, Energy and Business Minister Ebba Busch, has reposted Carl-Oskar Bohlin's post with the comment:
"This is a battle over which values should prevail in our country - what kind of Sweden we want. It is a battle we need to win."