SOLDIER DISARMS RIFLE - On January 8, 1992, Magnus Eklund, a twenty-two year old Swedish conscript, disarmed his AK4 automatic rifle with a household hammer. Upon completing his action he told his officers he intended to refuse service and identified himself as a conscientious objector. He was held in the military barracks overnight before being reported to the civil police. In his statement he explained: "I want to put an end to my own violence and show my fellow soldiers that there are conscripted soldiers who don't accept militarism... I wish we could be a little less frightened to disobey. We have to trust our own thoughts. Big structures, like militarism, do, after all, depend on single individuals." He was sentenced to four months in prison.