Wilhelm Blomberg, who rushed to the stage at the New Year’s Eve party event, explains his motivation for his action.
At the New Year’s concert organized in Helsinki’s Kansalaistor, attention was drawn by a man who rushed onto the stage.
The rusher in question identifies himself as a 33-year-old education student from Helsinki Wilhelm Blomberg. He rushed to the stage exactly at the turn of the year and Käärijän Cha Cha Cha during the performance of the song. He was holding a Palestinian flag.
The wrapper’s security guard took Blomberg off the stage quickly. In addition to Blomberg, another person tried to enter the stage with a Palestinian flag, but his intention was blocked.
– He was my acquaintance. We were a group of a few people, says Blomberg.
Blomberg commented on his removal from the stage in short words.
– The removal from the stage happened peacefully, but I don’t think it’s relevant. My expression was peaceful, and the officers behaved in a matter-of-fact manner.
During Blomberg’s rush, in addition to Käärijä, Ylen, who hosted the event, was also on stage Emma Karasjoki and Constantinos “Gogi” Mavromichalis. Among them, Karasjoki tried to push Blomberg further away.
– I managed to see in hundredths of a second that someone unknown was running towards us aggressively. I got really scared and freaked out, Karasjoki commented on the situation.
According to Karasjoki, the matter has been discussed at Yle with the city of Helsinki.
This was the motive
According to Blomberg, his motive was the desire to directly influence the situation in Gaza and to question the media’s coverage of the events in Gaza.
– I am extremely sad and angry. I want to show my support and ask people and the media to care.
– This was in no way towards Käärijä, says Blomberg.
Blomberg says that he believes in “extra-parliamentary” activity and that he ended up in direct activity initially through climate issues.
– I want to be able to talk to the media. Raptures like these are visible places for that.
The wrapper’s performance was not interrupted by the incident. According to the Helsinki Event Foundation, around 70,000 people watched the event.
Wilhelm Blomberg says that he wanted to influence the events in Gaza through direct action. Reader’s photo