In mid-October last year, police cordoned off a large area in Svartbäcken after three thermos bombs were found outside a multi-family house, according to official sources. The authority issued a public warning and asked people in the area to keep a safe distance while the bomb squad neutralized the three explosive devices. The live bombs together weighed six kilograms, and one was ignited late the previous evening but went out for unclear reasons, officials reported. The thermos bombs were live and intended to detonate outside an apartment building in Svartbäcken, though the specific motive or target remains unknown. At least one thermos bomb was ignited but did not explode for unclear reasons, leaving investigators uncertain about the failure mechanism.
The woman denies the crime, while the 14-year-old boy involved is not of criminal responsibility and has been handed over to social authorities, according to official sources. She is charged with allegedly handing over the explosive devices to the minor, and court documents show she is suspected of storing and handing over the thermos bombs to a young boy under 15 years old. According to Uppsala Nya Tidning, prosecutor Andreas Andersson described the bombs as intended to explode on the spot when they were found.
The bombs were intended to explode on the spot 'there and then,' in connection with when they were found.
When police began investigating bombs in Falkenberg, they learned of several violent crimes in which the now 19-year-old girl was involved, officials said. These involve shootings and explosions at residences in Stockholm, Gothenburg, Halmstad, and Falkenberg, though the full extent of her links to these incidents is not fully detailed. Separately, three women are charged at Norrköping District Court for handling thermos bombs linked to the criminal network Foxtrot, according to major media reports. The women are 22, 24, and 27 years old, and the charges relate to serious crimes against the law on flammable and explosive goods. The 24-year-old is suspected of handing over three thermos bombs to a 14-year-old who the next day carried out a failed bomb attack in Uppsala, though the full extent of Foxtrot's involvement in these incidents remains unclear.
Explosive capsules for both powder tubes and electricity were found in the woman's basement storage, and chats with accounts linked to Foxtrot were found on her phone, major media reported. One of the thermos bombs was handed over to the two other women who transported it to the Stockholm area. Evidence beyond these chats and materials directly tying the women to the Foxtrot network has not been publicly specified. The 22-year-old is also suspected of particularly serious drug offenses, and all three charged women deny the crimes, according to major media.