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| A picture of the peaceful part of the demonstration in Ådalen. |
Saturday, May 14, 2011
Ådalen riots
The Ådalen shootings (Swedish: Skotten i Ådalen), also known as the Ådalen riots[citation needed], was a series of events in and around the sawmill district of Ådalen, Kramfors Municipality, Ångermanland, Sweden, in May 1931. During a protest on May 14, five persons were killed by bullets fired by Swedish military troops called in as reinforcements by the police.
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