The district court of Päijät-Häme sentenced the main perpetrator of terrorist crimes to more than 3 years in prison.
- According to the court, the three men had adopted an extreme right-wing ideology.
- The main perpetrator of the criminal group manufactured weapons and their parts with a 3D printer and trained by obtaining instructions on the manufacture of weapons and explosives.
- In total, one man was also sentenced, who was not accused of crimes committed with terrorist purposes.
The district court of Päijät-Häme has sentenced three men to prison for crimes committed with terrorist purposes.
The person from Lahti got the longest sentence Viljam Lauri Antero Nyman29. He was sentenced to three years and four months in prison.
According to the district court, Nyman manufactured and tried to manufacture weapons and their parts with a 3D printer in Lahti. He had in his possession a considerable quantity of cartridges suitable for weapons.
In addition, Nyman trained by obtaining instruction in the manufacture of firearms and explosives, and by practicing shooting with weapons that he had made. He also planned to make a serial firearm.
According to the district court, Nyman’s operation had two phases. He was imprisoned after the first phase and continued to manufacture weapons immediately after his release.
Nyman was convicted of two aggravated firearms crimes committed with terrorist intent, two counts of training for the commission of a terrorist crime, and one drug crime.
He denied the charges for the most part, but admitted to making weapons with a 3D printer.
Extremism in the background
The main perpetrator of terrorist crimes, Viljam Nyman (in the small box at the bottom left), participated in the trial via video connection. The man accused in the case, born in 1957 (in the large frame on the right), was sentenced to prison for one year and two months. Janne Niiranen
According to the court, Nyman and the man born in 1996 had embraced the extreme right-wing idea of accelerationism, which incites a race war leading to the collapse of a democratic society. According to the idea, the war is waged against immigrants, ethnic and religious minorities, anti-fascists and social influencers.
According to the court, the man born in 2001 had also adopted extreme right-wing ideas. However, his share in the whole was smaller.
The district court considered that the purpose of the criminal activity was to cause serious fear among the population, i.e. the crimes were committed with terrorist intent.
Talk about extermination
3D-printed weapons seized by the police during the preliminary investigation. Rantanen Anna POL KRP
In connection with the investigation of terrorist crimes, the police found lists of names and addresses that the men considered to be their political opponents.
The police used the markings as intelligence on possible attack targets.
The men communicated, among other things, about striking the then Prime Minister Sanna Marin’s event in Lahti and the Helsinki without Nazis event.
According to the court, the conversations between Nyman and others were an essential part of the evidence. The conversations used racist and far-right terminology and discussed vandalism and violence against perceived opponents.
However, according to the court, the convicted were not accused of preparing a terrorist attack, nor were they alleged to have formed a terrorist group as defined in the criminal law.
The judgments of others
In addition to Nyman, three other men were sentenced.
In 1996, the man was sentenced to one year and nine months in prison for the crime of firearms committed for terrorist purposes, training for the commission of a terrorist crime, and five other crimes.
He got a gun from Nyman, practiced using it and shot the mailbox of an immigrant family with it. He also discussed with Nyman about the manufacture of weapons and developed explanations for Nyman that could avoid any doubts that might be caused by ordering parts for weapons.
In 2001, the man was convicted of aiding and abetting a felony firearm offense committed with terrorist intent and training for the commission of a terrorist offense, as well as a minor firearm offense. He was sentenced to a seven-month suspended prison sentence and an accompanying fine.
According to the court, the youngest convict promoted Nyman’s crimes, among other things, by ordering him weapon launch mechanisms.
Extremist material was confiscated from the men. Police preliminary investigation material
A man born in 1957 who was not accused of crimes committed with terrorist purposes was also convicted in the case. He received an unconditional prison sentence of one year and two months for two firearms offences.
He fired bullets at Nyman and the man born in 1996. The district court found the act of the oldest convict highly reprehensible, as he was aware of the motives of the buyers.
The trial in Päijät-Häme district court lasted five days and there were three judges hearing the case.
The oldest of the convicted and in 1996 appealed the district court’s verdict to the Court of Appeal of Eastern Finland, which did not change the verdict of either of them.
Case updated on October 1, 2024: Added information that the Court of Appeal of Eastern Finland kept the verdicts unchanged.
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