Motstånd
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Overview
The Motstånd group was a nationalist group drawn from the Rasalhaugian population of the Ghost Bear Dominion, and which enjoyed a tactic level of support from much of the population until members of Motstånd engaged in a terrorist incident on the Dominion world of Alshain. The bombing conducted by Motstånd on the 31st of December 3078 struck at the Omni-Paradise Hotel and killed 378 civilians - both Rasalhagian and Clan Ghost Bear in origin - as well as several members of the Unity Council, including Selanna Jorgensson and the former Prince of the Free Rasalhague Republic, Christian Månsdottir. Motstånd used explosives determined to have Word of Blake origins in the attack, which played a factor in the loss of support experienced by the group in the wake of the bombing.[1][2]
Following the bombing the leaders of Motstånd were pursued aggressively by the Ghost Bears; on the 2nd of January 3079 one of the group leaders, Albert Gronvold-Minami, was killed by Ghost Bear paramilitary police on Stanzach. The press coverage of the death of Gonvold-Minami reported that he and a number of other Motstånd members had holed up in a flat in the Hayden Arms estate block of Janetown, and that when the surrounding area had been cordonned off by the Ghost Bear paramilitary police the terrorists decided to try and fight their way out rather than surrender. The resulting combat devastated the block itself and damaged two other nearby blocks, with a total of 14 terrorists and 6 paramilitary police killed. Gronvold-Minami was evidently apprehended while trying to escape in a car, and he and eight other terrorists who had attempted to surrender were summarily executed at the scene by the police. It was noted that while the summary execution of the terrorists attracted some criticism from legal activists, polls of native Rasalhagians conducted across the Ghost Bear Dominion showed a high level of support for the action taken.[1][2]
The last known suvriving member of the Motstånd leadership was Cilla Amdahl, who narrowly escaped capture on the Dominion world of Tinaca on the 9th of January 3079.[1] Amdahl's capture was considered a top priority by both Mimir and the Ghost Bear Watch.[2]