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Sweden

Sweden Under Siege: Daily blasts rock Swedish cities amid gang turmoil

Deteriorating safety

Published 8 February 2024
– By Editorial Staff
There seems to be no end to the bombings in Sweden.
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Criminal gangs continue to spread terror in Sweden. So far in February there have been daily explosions linked to organized crime.

As people have their homes blown up and are forced to flee in the middle of the night, neither the police nor the government can give clear answers on how to put a stop to the violence.

On February 1, a hand grenade was discovered in an apartment building in the violence-prone district of Gränby in Uppsala, 70 kilometers north of Stockholm. As the grenade was discovered before it was detonated, the police bomb squad was able to destroy it in a controlled explosion.

The police were able to confirm that the grenade was live, and the public within a one-kilometer radius was ordered to stay indoors.

– There was a very loud bang and I got scared, one resident told the Schibsted-owned tabloid Aftonbladet.

The incident is not being investigated as an attempted murder, but as an attempt at general destruction and a violation of the law on flammable and explosive goods.

Sundbyberg

On the night of February 2, it happened again – this time in Sundbyberg, ten kilometers northwest of Stockholm. Several apartments were damaged in a massive explosion, windows were shattered and the door to the apartment was blown away.

–  I saw how the paintings were hanging askew and became interested in what the rest of the place looked like. Then I went to the living room and saw that the balcony window was gone, says 87-year-old Gudrun, who was woken up by the explosion.

Several residents describe feeling unsafe in their neighborhood and fearing more explosions in the future.

– You get desperate and angry. It’s so unnecessary, says a woman who lives in the area.

Vällingby

About 24 hours later, another explosion occurred – this time in an industrial area in Vällingby, about 8 kilometers west of Sundbyberg. Shortly before midnight, an explosion targeted a hairdressing salon, where the door and windows were badly damaged. No one was reportedly injured in the attack.

– It was really unpleasant. I was sitting on the couch and everything was vibrating. It was a very loud bang, a woman in Vällingby told the Schibsted-owned tabloid Aftonbladet.

“Sometimes people think we have a civil war in Sweden“, writes ‘Leijf’ on Twitter/X.

Here, too, tenants express concern that they do not know when it will “go off” next, and that this is something that affects their entire daily lives.

– I was out walking when I heard the explosion. I felt the shock wave, says another resident of the area.

Gävle

Late on February 4, an explosive device detonated in a stairwell in Andersberg, Gävle (approximately 170 kilometers north of Stockholm), again in an apartment building. The interior of the building was damaged and the apartment door was destroyed.

The attack is said to be related to a gang conflict between two criminal gangs, the Foxtrot Network and the Dalen Network, and to the drug market in the area.

After the explosion, residents were not allowed to leave their homes for the entire day before police were able to lift the lockdown.

– We have several leads and are actively working to find the perpetrator, police spokesman Mattias Rutegård told local newspaper Gefle Dagblad.

Handen

About 24 hours later, another attack took place – this time in Handen, 22 kilometers south of Stockholm, also at night.

An explosion also occurred at an apartment building where a known gang member is registered – again, no one was reportedly injured, but a number of windows were shattered and the property was damaged.

“You read about explosions every day. You’d think they’re talking about yesterday’s blast, but it’s a new one. Journalists could make a template, a ready-made article, and just insert the current time and location of today’s blast”, writes ‘Urban II’ on Twitter/X.

The criminal living at the address was recently arrested on suspicion of instigating a murder in Jordbro, Haninge, and another attempted murder in Åkersberga.

– I woke up frightened by the bang. I woke my partner and checked on the sleeping children. I crawled around the apartment to check that the front door was locked and that the windows were undamaged, a neighbor told the taxpayer-funded SVT.

Strängnäs

In the early hours of Tuesday, February 6, the terror continued – this time in Finninge, Strängnäs.

Shortly after four o’clock in the morning, the police were alerted to an explosion in a residential area. The bomb squad was called in, a large area was cordoned off and about 20 people were forced to evacuate their homes.

The building was not seriously damaged, but the frightened residents needed crisis support and had to go to a school building that had been opened specifically to care for the temporarily homeless.

“I am thinking of all the residents of Strängnäs in Dammen and Finninge who had to leave their homes at 4 a.m. last night, some of them by climbing out of windows. I know that many people are now helping you and I hope that you will soon be able to return home”, Swedish PM Ulf Kristersson wrote on social media.

The Kurdish Fox

All of the bombings are believed to be linked to organized crime, with at least four of them targeting the Kurdish Fox and the notorious Foxtrot network.

“The ‘Kurdish Fox’ has long used young teenage boys in his activities. Montage. Photo: Pexels, Police

According to taxpayer-funded state media SVT, in several cases the bombings have targeted the homes of people already in custody – meaning that it is not the gang members themselves who are at risk of being killed, but their neighbors and relatives.

In several cases, bombings have also targeted family members of known criminals, although there is no evidence that the gang member himself is present.

It remains to be seen whether explosions will continue on a daily basis for the rest of February, but police officers say they are working hard to stem the tide of violence.

Editorial Staff
editorial@nordictimes.com

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Sweden

Police warn of growing innocent victims in Sweden’s gang conflict

Deteriorating safety

Published 12 May 2025
– By Editorial Staff
In many cases, offenders are young, under the influence of drugs and do not know their victims - and there is a high risk of selecting the "wrong" target.
Editorial Staff
editorial@nordictimes.com

It has often been claimed that the victims of criminal gang violence are almost always involved in organized crime themselves. But according to the Swedish police, that picture is now wrong.

Since the beginning of 2023 alone, at least 60 outsiders have been killed or injured in shootings and explosions linked to criminal networks

– This is an effect of the high level of conflict, which has been the case for a number of years. We believe it will continue to be high, August Knutsson, operational coordinator at the police’s national operations center, told Swedish Radio.

According to police figures, 22 outsiders have been killed and another 38 injured in gang-related attacks over the past two and a half years.

In some cases, the violence has been directed against relatives of known criminals – such as relatives or girlfriends – but there are also cases where the wrong person is killed by mistake, or someone is injured simply for being in the wrong place at the wrong time.

In 2023 in particular, the number of external victims increased sharply, and although the trend seems to have slowed down somewhat, police have already recorded at least six cases in 2025.

Young people and drug addicts

According to the police, a key explanation for the increase in the number of innocent victims is that the killings and blasts are largely carried out by very young people – often with no previous experience, and sometimes brought in from other cities.

The young perpetrators have no relationship with their victims and often act on vague instructions. In many cases, they have only seen a picture of the target or an address, which increases the risk of misidentification and attacks against the wrong people.

– This is an effect of the fact that many of the perpetrators of these crimes are not part of the conflict itself. Many are young perpetrators who take on different missions. Often under the influence of drugs, with little local knowledge and no individual knowledge, states August Knutsson.

– They’re given a task to carry out, and that results in a high risk of shooting or bombing the wrong target.

“In the past, you did not go to relatives”

One of the more high-profile cases occurred at the end of April this year, when a mother and her young daughter were seriously injured in an explosion at their home. According to prosecutor Daniel Insulander, the attack was aimed at the wrong person.

– They are innocent. In the past, you did not go after relatives or girlfriends. It was very rare that innocent people became victims of something like this.

– Storming into a place and shooting wildly, throwing explosives inside, or trying to burn down a house where innocent people are present – this has become much more common now than just five years ago, he says.

Editorial Staff
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https://nordictimes.com/the-nordics/sweden/swedish-grandmother-jailed-for-selling-home-baked-goods-on-facebook/

Sweden

Swedish grandmother jailed for selling home-baked goods on Facebook

Deteriorating safety

Published 29 April 2025
– By Editorial Staff
The buns in the photo have no connection to the serious crime in question.
Editorial Staff
editorial@nordictimes.com

A bun-baking grandmother in Norrbotten has been sentenced to prison by the Court of Appeal for selling homemade buns without a permit. While the court takes her unauthorized baked goods seriously, many are questioning whether Swedish courts have time to knead such trivial matters.

A 65-year-old woman in Norrbotten has been sentenced to six weeks in prison for selling buns, bread, and sandwich cakes via Facebook without a registered food business, according to a ruling from the Court of Appeal for Northern Norrland, reports Bonnier-owned Expressen.

The municipality had prohibited the sales and issued fines totaling SEK 130,000 (€12,000), which the woman, living on a pensioner’s income, could not pay. The fine was therefore converted into a prison sentence – a penalty her lawyer calls “unreasonable”.

For several years, the woman has been running the business and engaging many customers on social media by posting pictures of her baked goods and her grandchildren.

Translation of above tweet: “Yes, it’s okay to use heavy-handed tactics when the other side isn’t violent. It sends a good signal to citizens that no one should think that crimes that threaten the system will go unpunished“.

Appealed to the Supreme Court

Attorney Frida Larsson stresses that the woman considered baking a hobby, often giving away buns to her grandchildren and charging only a minimal amount to cover ingredient costs.

Nonetheless, the Court of Appeal chose to swiftly impose a prison sentence, despite her health issues and financial hardship.

– She is deeply distressed and does not understand how she will endure a prison term given her deteriorating health and age. This has taken a heavy toll on her, Larsson says.

The ruling has sparked public outrage and is being appealed to the Supreme Court. Meanwhile, the question remains: Is prison truly the right recipe for justice in this case?

Editorial Staff
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https://nordictimes.com/the-nordics/sweden/criminal-networks-exploiting-swedish-schools-to-sustain-drug-trade/

Sweden

Criminal networks exploiting Swedish schools to sustain drug trade

Deteriorating safety

Published 25 April 2025
– By Editorial Staff
Gang criminal networks with a predominantly MENA background control children's choice of school, according to a new review.
Editorial Staff
editorial@nordictimes.com

Criminal networks are now placing young people in selected schools to maintain control over drug trafficking and territories. The Swedish government says it has called a crisis meeting with three authorities to counter this development.

Several schools in metropolitan areas have become hubs for the gangs’ strategic exercise of power, according to a report by the state broadcaster SVT’s Uppdrag granskning.

By influencing school choice, the networks place young people with links to criminal circles in specific educational environments – a way of ensuring continued drug sales and keeping an eye on rivals.

School administrators and teachers have sounded the alarm about how young people are being distributed among schools according to the wishes of gang criminal networks.

According to reports, groups divide cities among themselves in order to avoid conflicts and secure the market.

– From what I experience, they’re told from above to choose schools so they can maintain power, their territory or control over a specific school, says an anonymous school host.

Long-term strategy of the gangs

Planning for school choice often takes place outside the school grounds, where older criminals meet younger ones. The choice of upper secondary school becomes part of the gang’s long-term strategy to keep sales channels open during the three years the students are studying.

At the same time, some students store weapons and drugs on school premises, and in some cases the school is used as a recruitment base for violent assignments. Police and school staff report a worrying increase in such cases.

– If we talk about an area where I have many enemies, where I know I’ve hurt people, if they go to a school there, I definitely don’t want to start at that school. Because they’ll come after me, says gang member “Hassan”.

“Hassan”, whose real name is something else, is in his last year of high school and has ties to criminal networks. For him and other students in similar environments, the choice of school determines their safety.

Lägenhetshotell mordplaner kriminella
Photo: facsimile/Hem&hyra/Youtube

A tenfold increase

Statistics from the Swedish Prosecution Authority show that the number of 15-17-year-olds suspected of murder has increased by over a thousand percent in a decade. During the first quarter of this year, 128 young people were charged in 190 different murder investigations.

Children under the age of 15 have been suspected of 136 cases of murder planning – a threefold increase compared to last year. This development has prompted the government to call in the National Agency for Education, the Swedish Schools Inspectorate, and the Police Authority.

The aim is to coordinate efforts and prevent schools from being used as part of the criminal infrastructure.

– School should be a safe place for learning . not an arena where criminal forces gain a foothold. It is completely unacceptable that teachers are intimidated into silence by students with violent tendencies, strategically placed by criminal networks, says Minister of Education Johan Pehrson.

At the same time, the Crime Prevention Council reports that prosecutions of 15-17-year-olds increased by 10% in 2023 compared with the previous year.

However, researchers warn that repressive measures alone are not enough – preventive work and social support measures are highlighted as crucial to breaking the trend.

The Swedish government has announced that more proposals are on the way. The authorities’ feedback is expected in the coming weeks.

Editorial Staff
editorial@nordictimes.com

https://nordictimes.com/world/starmer-singled-out-as-responsible-for-uk-pedophile-scandal/

World

Starmer singled out as responsible for UK pedophile scandal

Deteriorating safety

Published 22 April 2025
– By Editorial Staff
Keir Starmer is accused of turning a blind eye to the systematic abuse of rape gangs in his previous role as Attorney General.
Editorial Staff
editorial@nordictimes.com

Thousands of British girls have been sexually abused, raped or held as sex slaves in recent decades by so-called “grooming gangs”, often led by people of Pakistani origin.

Despite the systematic and widespread nature of the abuse, it was covered up by the British authorities – and the current Prime Minister, Keir Starmer, is held responsible for the cover-up in his former role as Attorney General.

As early as the late 1980s, young vulnerable girls in several towns in the north of England began to be exploited by Pakistani gangs. The girls were drugged with drugs or alcohol and subjected to serious rape.

It has since emerged that the authorities failed to intervene – partly for fear of being accused of “racism”.

– I want to see those responsible held accountable for gross misconduct, former police officer Maggie Oliver told Swedish state broadcaster SVT, which recently released a documentary about the events.

The misconduct led Oliver to resign and instead become one of the most prominent critics of government inaction.

“They stole my childhood”

Oliver is far from alone in his criticism, with foreign commentators such as Trump advisor Elon Musk also drawing attention to the scandal and attacking the UK government.

“They should receive the severest punishment. Hang them for treason”, he wrote in a statement in early January.

The fact that Pakistani grooming and pedophile gangs have been able to continue their rampage for decades despite the alerts about the abuses has led to widespread public anger against British politicians and authorities. Many believe that the country’s leaders have blood on their hands and are heavily complicit in the destruction of the girls’ lives.

– The only way to cope was to turn everything off. They stole my childhood, says Elisabeth, who was 14 the first time she was raped.

She says she was held captive in an apartment and raped daily by different men.

– These men destroyed lives, and the authorities helped them do it, she continues.

“A cover-up”

Elisabeth was left in the apartment of the pedophile network despite being a minor, and she is far from alone in suffering from the authorities’ betrayal, with the police failing to act.

– It was a cover-up. They didn’t want it to be known that these kinds of sexual crimes were going on in the country, explains Maggie Oliver.

A fairly typical “British” grooming gang – these particular offenders are from Halifax. Photo: West Yorkshire Police

Many believe that the UK’s highest political leadership bears ultimate responsibility for the failure to stop the pedophile network – with Prime Minister Keir Starmer being singled out for blame in the cover-up scandal.

Mr. Starmer was the former Attorney General and was formally ultimately responsible when a huge number of child sexual abuse cases were ignored or covered up by the authorities.

– There was no one higher up to turn to. So I think he is complicit and knew exactly what was going on and he let it continue to happen. To me, that’s inexcusable, Oliver further argues.

Starmer insists on his innocence

The fact that British establishment politicians have rejected a national investigation into the scandal has further strengthened allegations of a cover-up – with critics seeing the unwillingness to get to the bottom of it as evidence of trying to protect themselves and their friends.

Starmer himself claims to have done nothing wrong, saying instead that he “tackled that problem head on”.

– I reopened cases that had been closed and supposedly finished, I brought the first major prosecution of an  Asian grooming gang, he claims.

Others point out that not only have leading politicians acted far too late – but that the problems have still not been addressed, and that British girls are still being systematically abused by foreign gangs.

Rotherham, an English town of just over 100,000 people, is often cited as the prime example of the corruption and incompetence of the authorities. By the early 1990s, abuses were already well known in the town – but despite politicians and police being alerted on numerous occasions, the abuses continued for decades. Despite the city’s small size, it is estimated that at least 1,400 girls were exploited, raped or sold as sex slaves in the city between the late 1980s and 2013.

Editorial Staff
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