© SVTSupporters have paid tribute to Patrik Liljeglod's bravery.
Walking home at the end of July from a bus stop in Falun, he was suddenly attacked, threatened with a weapon and raped, Liljeglod disclosed on Facebook.
"On my way home I was attacked by an unknown man armed with a knife," Liljeglod said. "I was brutally treated and also raped at knifepoint under the pretext that I was 'Left-wing female genitalia', that people like me 'enjoy this' and finally that I was a traitor."
In an emotional and very personal revelation, the politician said he initially kept the attack private, only reporting it to police, but eventually turned it into a public discourse because the nature of the incident was politically motivated.
"The few words and sentences expressed by the man had a clear connection to me as politically active and therefore it affects us all," Liljeglod wrote, adding that "what happened to me is an event in the crowd."
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