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Kajsa Ekis Ekman shouted “genocide” and was counterstabbed by pro-Israel protesters.

Photo: Jens Christian

Here she is taken away by police in Malmö.

Photo: Jens Christian

Kajsa Ekis Ekman talks to the police in connection with a demonstration in Malmö.

Photo: Jens Christian

At 18:00 on Thursday, a demonstration began at Davidshallstorg in Malmö, where the participants express their support for Israel’s participation in the Eurovision song contest.

After about 40 minutes, the journalist and left-wing debater Kajsa Ekis Ekman appeared and shouted, among other things, “genocide” and “is this freedom”. Several pro-Israel protesters then confronted her and told her to leave, and after a few minutes of heated discussion, police stepped in – and took her away.

Kajsa Ekis Ekman: “Genocide”

– I just said genocide, genocide. It’s true, she tells Expressen.

When the police took her away, she asked if she was a suspect, to which the police allegedly replied that she was not.

– You can say genocide, genocide.

Why did you want to say that right here and right now?

– Because they waved Israeli flags.

“Couldn’t help myself”

Kajsa Ekis Ekman says she was on her way to a place to eat when she saw the crowd.

– Then I just felt that I can’t hold back, I have to say what I think.

Henryk Rozenberg, one of the organizers behind the pro-Israel demonstration, calls the event “completely apolitical”.

– We will not make any speeches but only play Israeli music, it is an Israeli party. We will not engage in political discussion, he says South Sweden.

During the day, a pro-Palestinian demonstration was also held, where over 10,000 people marched through Malmö to protest against Israel’s participation in Eurovision.

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