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Danish murder on Bornholm island raises tension in race debate – rights groups have reacted by questioning whether potential hate crimes are being seriously investigated

Posted by mycketforvirrad
Tags: denmark.bornholm, murder, policing, race, racism, far right, communities, crime.hate, author.adrienne murray, source.bbc
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-53447919

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Title
Island murder stirs Danish tensions over racism
Published
Jul 20 2020
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1079 words

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    mycketforvirrad
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    A Danish court has jailed two brothers for fourteen years for murdering a friend on the holiday island of Bornholm last summer BBC News – Unknown author – 1st December 2020

    A Danish court has jailed two brothers for fourteen years for murdering a friend on the holiday island of Bornholm last summer

    The killing of Phillip Mbuji Johansen, who had a Danish father and Tanzanian mother, had stirred fears of racism. However, no charges of hate crime were brought, even through prosecutors said they could not rule it out.

    Danish authorities were criticised for not highlighting a racist motive in the murder but prosecutor Anna Moe told the court on Monday that they could not be sure of what was going on in the minds of the brothers at the time.

    BBC News – Unknown author – 1st December 2020

    1. steradian
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      Some additional context:

      Some additional context:

      The elder brother, 26-year-old Mads Moeller, had swastikas tattooed on his leg, but a witness denied in court that he was racist. The prosecutor said that while it could not be 100% denied that the motive was racist, she said they were unable to "prove it in a court of law".

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