The men have been jailed for between two and six years, and two people will also be deported. According to prosecutor Per-Erik Rinsell, who prosecuted one of the cases in Örebro district court, it was expected that the verdicts would be appealed, among other things because blue light sabotage is a relatively new crime.
The Easter coup took place in April when unrest broke out in several Swedish cities in connection with demonstrations by the Danish-Swedish politician Rasmus Paludan, party leader of the far-right Stram Kurs.