NEO-NAZIS IN FINLAND USED 3D PRINTERS TO MAKE GUNS FOR A ‘RACE WAR’

Wed 01 October 2023:

Three men were found guilty by a Finnish court of committing crimes with the intent to commit terrorism after they used a 3D printer to produce semi-automatic firearms.

The individuals are thought to be strong critics of immigration and had previously belonged to neo-Nazi views. The court observed that they planned to arrange assaults against infrastructure, immigrants, and others they believed to be their political rivals.

Prosecutors told the court that the men had produced semi-automatic weapons using a 3D printer in preparation for a “race war” against their opponents.

Viljam Lauri Antero Nyman, the 29-year-old lead suspect, was charged with serious firearms offenses and given a sentence of more than three years in prison. During the hearing on Tuesday at Paijat-Hame district court, Nyman was also found guilty of a narcotics offense.

His two associates were found guilty of terrorism-related offenses, including the production of firearms and training in their use, and were given sentences of one year and nine months in jail and a seven-month suspended sentence, respectively.

His two partners were sentenced to one year and nine months in prison and received a suspended sentence of seven months, respectively, for their involvement in terrorism-related crimes, specifically the manufacture of firearms and training to use them.

This marked Finland’s first terrorism conviction linked to far-right ideology, as reported by the public broadcaster YLE. These crimes occurred between 2021 and 2023.

The defendants believed that using violence against perceived enemies, including immigrants, ethnic and religious minorities, and anti-fascists, was justified in their quest to protect the supposed superiority of the white population, according to the prosecutors.

Additionally, they planned attacks on civilian infrastructure, such as electricity grids and railways.

A police investigation determined that their activities did not progress to the level of preparing for a concrete act of terrorism.

In the same case, the fourth defendant, a 66-year-old man, received a one-year and two-month prison sentence for firearm crimes that were ‘not’ committed with terrorist intent.

SOURCE: INDEPENDENT PRESS AND NEWS AGENCIES

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