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Four inmates sentenced for assault at Swedish prison

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Key Points
  • Four inmates at Saltvik prison in Härnösand were sentenced for aggravated assault.
  • They received an additional two years and six months added to their prison terms.
  • The assault in February involved weapons like a frying pan and was captured on surveillance footage.

Four inmates at Saltvik prison in Härnösand, Sweden, have been sentenced to extended prison terms for assaulting another inmate. The men were convicted of aggravated assault and received an additional two years and six months added to their sentences. The assault occurred in February when the inmates attacked another inmate using items including a frying pan and a saucepan.

Surveillance footage shows the men changing clothes and gathering before the attack, which was deemed planned. The assault involved hitting, stabbing, kicking, and stomping on the victim's body and head, with weapons such as chairs, a saucepan, a frying pan, and a frying pan handle.

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