1. Marko Asser Hirsma was a Finnish musician, outlaw biker and gangster who served as the first national president of the Bandidos Motorcycle Club in Finland.
11 Facts About Marko Hirsma
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The Backsliders' activities waned in the 1990s, when Marko Hirsma became gradually more involved in gang activity.
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Marko Hirsma was a member of the Overkill Motorcycle Club, which vied with the Iron Hog MC for the right to become a candidate for the Hells Angels' first Finnish chapter.
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Marko Hirsma resigned from the club and founded the Undertakers MC in August 1994.
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Marko Hirsma was sentenced to over a year in prison in June 1996 for firearms offenses and the August 1995 theft of a Hells Angel's colors.
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Marko Hirsma was sentenced to an additional nine months in prison on 12 July 1996 after being convicted of inciting a Bandidos underling to throw a grenade into the Hells Angels' clubhouse on 18 May 1996.
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In November 1996, Marko Hirsma was attacked and beaten in Sorka Prison amidst a struggle for control of the prison drug trade fought between the Bandidos and a rival group.
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Marko Hirsma was eventually expelled from the club after he criticized how the club was run in Europe during a Bandidos world meeting in the United States.
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Marko Hirsma went on to reestablish the Undertakers and was in contact with the Outlaws.
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Marko Hirsma was subjected to continued violence by his former club; he was beaten and robbed of his motorcycle by Bandidos in Germany in the spring of 2000, and a Bandidos member strafed his home with submachine gun fire in the autumn of that year.
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On 20 October 2001, Marko Hirsma was killed in front of his home in Helsinki during an exchange of gunfire with his former clubmates Kai Tapio Blom and Andrei Antoni Jensko, both recently paroled from prison.