Right now, Malmö FF is investigating one of its players, namely Pontus Jansson. The reason is that the football star appears in a preliminary investigation regarding a charge of violent riot during a match, which took place at the end of last year, which also The evening paper wrote about.
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Laughing at gross anti-Semitism
In the preliminary investigation, there are excerpts from a chat, which indicate that the storming that took place on the field during the match was already planned in advance.
But the chat also reveals crude jargon and anti-Semitism.
The men who are accused have in a chat, together with Pontus Jansson, expressed themselves anti-Semitic, each of the soccer stars responded with laughing emojis.
One of the defendants wrote: “Ponne, hail victory and fuck Jew”, to which Pontus Jansson responded with laughing emojis.
In the chat, the men also discuss that they want to detonate bombs outside the hotel where Elfsborg’s supporters would be staying.
One of the defendants has also written: “HEELLL VICTORY!!!!!!!!!”.
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Photo: The investigation Photo: The investigation Not suspected of crime
However, Pontus Jansson himself is not suspected of any crime, and believes that there was never any malicious intent with what was written.
– I have looked at the material. Nothing the footballer says or does is criminal. I want to be very clear about that. But is it justified to include the footballer in the preliminary investigation. I have made a careful assessment and have chosen not to impose secrecy on him. I need to prove the criminality of the overall picture surrounding the defendants, said the prosecutor Henrik Nordquist during a press conference.
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Pontus Jansson: “There were only good intentions”
Through Malmö FF’s television channel, Pontus Jansson has distanced himself from his own actions.
– There has never been any ill intent either from me or for the sake of the group. People are rumored to be involved in this passion for Malmö. The jargon in it is stuff that I absolutely distance myself from and cannot stand behind. I do it from the bottom of my heart and there were only good intentions, he said.
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The Jewish Congregation on the Conversation
News24 has been in contact with a spokesperson for the Jewish congregation in Malmö and shown the pictures from the preliminary investigation. The spokesperson, who did not want to be named, found the jargon and statement offensive.
– What we read is unpleasant, says a spokesperson for the Jewish congregation in Malmö to Nyheter24.