The Vaasa riot took place on 4 June 1930 in Vaasa, Finland, when members of the far-right, anti-communist, fascist Lapua Movement violently attacked communist supporters and bystanders at a courthouse
Members of the Lapua Movement assault Eino Nieminen [fi], the publisher of the left-wing Työn Ääni [fi] newspaper, in the Vaasa riot
The Lapua Movement was a radical Finnish nationalist, fascist, pro-Nazi and anti-communist political movement founded in and named after the town of Lapua. Led by Vihtori Kosola, it turned towards far
The Peasant March gathered on Senate Square