Several explosions have occurred in the Stockholm area recently. The Swedish police are shifting their strategy to prevent young people from being recruited by criminals. Assistant National Police Commissioner Stefan Hector says the perpetrators are getting younger.
He states that several circumstances are behind the shift from deadly violence to bombings. According to Hector, this may be due to risks, as perpetrators risk themselves or their families facing revenge, contract killings cost more, and the risk of prosecution is greater. The economy could also be a reason why perpetrators are younger.
The perpetrators are getting younger.
The police believe simpler tasks like bombings do not require the same capacity and can be advertised for smaller sums. Hector says it is cheaper with a 14-year-old than a 20-year-old because it is an easier task, and for throwing a hand grenade or placing a thermos bomb, a relatively young person suffices.
Several circumstances are behind the shift from deadly violence to bombings.
This may be due to risks, as perpetrators risk themselves or their families facing revenge, contract killings cost more, and the risk of prosecution is greater.
It is cheaper with a 14-year-old than a 20-year-old because it is an easier task, and for throwing a hand grenade or placing a thermos bomb, a relatively young person suffices.