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30th Jan 2016

Irish man in Sweden describes ‘Nazis back on the streets’ in frightening Facebook post

Carl Kinsella

Troubling news from Stockholm.

As refugees continue to seek safer lives in Europe, anti-refugee sentiment seems to be growing among certain subsections of society.

Irishman Phillip O’Connor took to his Facebook last night to give a startling account of an incident in Sweden last night, wherein “the Nazis were back on the streets in Stockholm, threatening and beating “foreign-looking” people and distributing flyers saying “Now it’s enough.””

Phillip O’Connor’s full Facebook statement can be read below and will really make you question whether or not Europe can be doing more to aid the people the seek refuge here.

Tonight the Nazis were back on the streets in Stockholm, threatening and beating “foreign-looking” people and…

Posted by Philip O’Connor on Friday, 29 January 2016

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