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Benjamin Hermansen (29 May 1985 – 26 January 2001) was a Norwegian youth whose father was born in Ghana; his mother was Norwegian. He was stabbed to death at Holmlia in Oslo, Norway, just before midnight on 26 January 2001 by people from the neo-Nazi group Boot Boys.
Jan 3, 2002 · Murder of Benjamin Hermansen, 15-year-old African-Norwegian boy slain by neo-Nazis, offers disturbing challenge to tranquil Norway's virtuous view of itself as free from racism; questioning...
Jan 29, 2001 · Five neo-Nazis have been charged with murder in the stabbing death of a black teenager, a killing that officials say was racially motivated. The teenager, Benjamin Hermansen, 15, was killed...
Jul 21, 2021 · Hermansen, a Norwegian-Ghanaian boy, was murdered by three members of the neo-Nazi group in a racially motivated attack in 2001. A memorial to the 15-year-old in Holmlia, near the capital city...
- Matthew Holroyd
Jan 17, 2002 · Benjamin Hermansen, 15, was killed when he went to meet a friend in Oslo last January. His racially-motivated killing sparked demonstrations which attracted tens of thousands of people.
Jan 26, 2021 · The January 26, 2001 murder of Benjamin Hermansen is to date the most well-known racist murder in modern Norwegian history. As a proverbial critical event , it remains a central reference point not only for people in his own generation from Holmlia and the wider Oslo East, but also to a new and emergent generation of Norwegian anti-racists of ...
Sep 27, 2011 · The murder of 15-year-old Benjamin Hermansen took place in Holmlia in Oslo on January 26, 2001. The killing was racially motivated, and caused an outcry across the country. The torchlight parade held in Oslo a few days later had about 40,000 participants.
