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Kankaanpää Terrorism Arrests
The Kankaanpää terrorism arrests were a string of arrests in Kankaanpää, Finland, against a group of young men who have been investigated for the preparation of a terrorist attack. The men planned blowing up the local refugee center and were equipped with guns and bombs for this purpose. This is Finland's first case of suspicion of terrorist offenses related to far-right politics in Finland. Police had been investigating the case since 2019, and at the end of 2021, five Finnish men were imprisoned in the Kankaanpää region and Tampere. Two 25-year-olds, two 26-year-olds and one 23-year-old man are the suspects. Two of them have the same last name. Some of them have attended schools in the Kankaanpää region. Ideology According to police, the radical right wing group represented ideology called accelerationism. According to the ideology, the society is the enemy, and its collapse has to be accelerated through terrorism and violence. The men belonged to Atomwaffen Division F ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kankaanpää
Kankaanpää () is a List of cities and towns in Finland, town and Municipalities of Finland, municipality of Finland. Kankaanpää was founded in 1865, became a township in 1967 and finally a town in 1972. It is located in the crossroads of Hämeenkangas and Pohjankangas ridges. It belongs to the Regions of Finland, region of Satakunta. Kankaanpää has a population of about inhabitants, which make it the third largest municipality in the Satakunta region in terms of population, after the city of Pori and the town of Rauma, Finland, Rauma. Pori is located southwest of Kankaanpää. The coat of arms of Kankaanpää has its theme from the early days of the municipality's settlement, the origin of which is depicted with a golden pine tree in the middle of forest areas. The coat of arms was designed by Carolus Lindberg and was confirmed on 12 October 1951. Honkajoki municipality was merged with Kankaanpää on 1 January 2021. History First signs of humanity in the area are from t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nordic Resistance Movement
The Nordic Resistance Movement is a pan-Nordic neo-Nazi movement in the Nordic countries and a political party in Sweden. Besides Sweden, it is established in Norway, Denmark and Iceland, and formerly in Finland before it was banned in 2019. Terrorism expert Magnus Ranstorp has described the NRM as a terrorist organization due to their aim of abolishing democracy along with their paramilitary activities and weapons caches. In 2022, some members of the United States Congress began calling for the organization to be added to the United States Department of State list of Foreign Terrorist Organizations. On 14 June 2024, the United States Department of State designated NRM and its leaders as Specially Designated Global Terrorists (SDGT). Formation and structure In December 1997, Klas Lund and some other former members of the White Aryan Resistance (, also known as VAM) – a militant neo-Nazi network active from 1991 to 1993 – were released from prison after bein ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2010s Crimes In Finland
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