The swedish government has ordered an inquiry into hate assaults and vandalism following an intensification of neo-Nazi attacks on Jewish and Muslim targets.
The announcement came after a series of defacings, including at the part-Jewish Vasa Real high school in central Stockholm where pupils found Nazi symbols and antisemitic slurs such as “Jew swine” spray-painted in pink and blue on the walls.
The findings of the inquiry, which will focus on attacks on Jewish and Muslim individuals and buildings, will be presented at a conference in October 2014.
“We must stand up for an open and tolerant society and for everyone’s equal worth,” Sweden’s Minister of Integration, Erik Ullenhag, and the Minister of Health and Social Affairs, Stefan Attefall, wrote in an op-ed.
