According to the prosecutors of the case, the Dutchman hit the photographer’s camera, but it all happened very quickly, and there are doubts as to what exactly happened.
According to SVT, witnesses who have been questioned have stated that they did not watch the incident as threatening.
– Today I have closed the investigation because I cannot prove that the act was intended to cause serious fear or that the man had that intention, says senior prosecutor Frederik Jönsson in the press release.
The police ending investigations without deciding to press charges does not automatically mean that there were false accusations. Could simply mean that what they established as having happened is not covered by the intention/letter of the law.
In the article, they mention that witnesses did not register the incident as violent
STV is the swedish television broadcaster who had him removed