Five neo-Nazis have been detained in connection with the weekend stabbing death of a black teen-ager, which prompted a rally yesterday denouncing what was seen as a racially motivated slaying.
Hundreds of people rallied at the site where 15-year old Benjamin Hermansen was killed Friday as he was swapping cell phone covers with a friend.
Police detained three men in their 20s and two 17-year-old girls on Saturday, saying the suspects were active in the neo-Nazi group known as Bootboys, which has about 200 followers.
All five were charged with murder, which carries a sentence of up to 21 years. They were caught in an Oslo apartment filled with Nazi paraphernalia, police said. Police confiscated books by Rudolf Hess, Adolf Hitler”s deputy, and posters for “white power” concerts, as well as a pitbull and a snake.