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April 24, 1975, at lunchtime: Terrorists attack the embassy and take hostages. What happens from the time the alarm goes off until the first television images are recorded?

Occupation

The first hostage is suddenly executed. The drama and fear increase. What do the terrorists want? Do they have help inside Stockholm?

Escalation

The day turns to evening. Through police footage, we get a unique insight into the negotiations between the terrorists and the Swedish government.

Standstill

Just before midnight, a bomb detonates inside the embassy. This is when reporter Bo Holmstrøm's famous "Get it on the air!" comes into being.

Get It On The Air!

Fire and chaos. The terrorists are observed in many places – including in Oxenstiernsgatan, where one is said to have shot around. But which rumors are true?

Inferno

What was the background to the embassy drama? During the planning, KRUM was used for reconnaissance. Soon members of the Baader-Meinhof network also appeared.

Baader-Meinhof in Sweden

April 1, 1977: The Security Police uncover a terrorist league with plans to kidnap Minister Anna-Greta Leijon.

Operation Leo

Who was behind the attempted kidnapping of Anna-Greta Leijon? Was the leader, Norbert Kröcher, a dreamer – or was he serious?

The Kröcher Band

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The disappearance

Found in the forest

The ticking bomb in the freezer

The murder

Murder Hunt

Arrested

The Atonement

The knife attack

The Hunt for a Murderer

The NK Man

The Mysterious Murderer

The murder rumor

The corpse by the quay

The Tip in the Swamp

Ståplats in Riddarfjärden

The Swamp Murder and the People's Hamlet

The Forgotten Victims

Thieves and liquor smugglers

The fight against drugs

The drug lords

The heroin and the foreigners

Robbed

The Murders

The Hunt

The Investigation

The Trial

The Road from Malexander

The Scandal

A fight for justice

The meeting with the killer

The Gerd Murder

The Gerd Murderer

The Enigmatic Murder on Söder

Where is Lisa

The Chock in Blomberg

The Suspected Sex Murderer

Justice

It began with a small red dot and a number of brutal shootings that filled early-1990s Sweden with fear. In four episodes, André Pops and Lasse Lampers depict the year when eleven people became victims in a series of racially motivated attacks—giving rise to one of Sweden’s most notorious criminal names—Lasermannen (“the Laser Man”).

A trembling red dot

Despite the fact that four people, all with a foreign background, were shot and seriously injured during the autumn of 1991, the attacks have not received much attention in the media. But that is about to change on the evening of November 8, when Lasermannen strikes with what is, until then, his most brutal act. André Pops and Lasse Lampers portray the dramatic year when eleven people became victims in a series of racially motivated attacks.

The first fatality

After a murder and four attempted murders in the autumn of 1991, the police are left stomping about without any trace of the suspected Lasermannen. At the same time, concern among immigrants in Sweden grows as demands intensify that politicians should take a firm hand against the wave of violence, racism, and xenophobia. Then, all of a sudden, another series of ruthless shootings begins.

Hunting a killer

Lasermannen was arrested and sentenced to life imprisonment, a sentence he is still serving. He left behind a multitude of ruined human lives, but also many people who were determined to reclaim what they had lost. One of them is Mustafa, who was six years old when his father was shot and left permanently injured by Ausonius. Today, Mustafa tours with his own theatre production, “Who Was My Father?”

Reclaiming your life