The suspects, a 15-year-old girl and a 17-year-old boy, approached the victim unmasked and fired many shots before fleeing on electric scooters, according to multiple reports. The 17-year-old has confessed, while the girl answered "no comment" to police questions. A 35-year-old man was also arrested on suspicion of aiding the murder, possibly by instructing the shooters on the target's location.
The motive may have been to target a relative of the victim, who has a multi-million debt to the Foxtrot network, Aftonbladet sources reported. A 25-year-old relative of the murdered boy was arrested on suspicion of conspiracy to commit murder on the same day, and his defense lawyer said he was detained at Arlanda airport on March 30 and denies the crime. Police feared revenge actions and launched Operation Ralf with increased controls and drone surveillance, a police spokesperson said.
The Foxtrot network is significantly weakened, with leader Rawa Majid in Iran and key figures arrested, SVT sources reported. Mohamed Mohdhi, 28, is one of the few remaining with authority to order violence in Foxtrot's name, and police suspect he was behind recent violence, including the Vårby and Malmö murders by the 15-year-old girl. Mohdhi is wanted by Europol for over ten serious violent and drug crimes and is believed to be in Tunisia.
A Swedish government delegation plans to travel to Tunisia to seek help in arresting him, SVT sources said. Foxtrot is linked to a record seizure of about 180 hand grenades in Alingsås, Stockholm, and Malmö. Girls and women in criminal networks have often been 'enablers' but are now more directly involved in violent crimes, according to Anna Hedin Ekström of Noa.
Criminal networks actively recruit girls because they are less visible to authorities. Most girls in gang environments have been subjected to sexual violence, often used as blackmail. The 'Blind fläck' project in Gothenburg works with girls in network environments and has reached up to 40 ongoing contacts.
Ten teenage girls were convicted of murder in Sweden between 2015 and 2024, with half of those in 2023-2024, according to Brå statistics. Girls are seen as disposable by gangs and are not considered full members, which can make it easier for them to leave. The girl arrested in the Malmö murder was completely new in the police system and was not on their radar before, police sources said.
In her phone, police found chats instructing her when and where to strike. The weapon used in the Vårby shooting was also used in a shooting of a gang leader in Fagersjö on March 8, according to police technical evidence. Residents heard 8-10 shots and saw panic, with children running and a mother shielding her three children, witnesses said.
The boy was shot in the back and lay on his side outside an apartment building, a witness named Ali said. Four bullet holes were marked by police on a wooden panel near the murder scene. Three girls brought flowers and candles to the scene, saying the victim was their calm friend.
The school held a memorial and students wrote messages in a book for the family, the principal said. In another case, a 14-year-old girl named Emilia Sjoberg was murdered in Landskrona, Sweden, in July 2024. She was lured to a sleepover by friends before being bound and found with horrific injuries.
An extremely violent act
Two 15-year-old girls were arrested in connection with her kidnapping and murder. Emilia was killed between July 21 and July 22, 2024, and discovered shortly after midnight on July 23. One of the arrested girls confessed to the crime and provided background information, the prosecutor said.
The alleged murder stemmed from a dispute, with Emilia's mother claiming it was over a row about a boy. Expressen reported the girls stole tape and a knife from separate shops before meeting Emilia. A shooting at a hair salon in central Uppsala killed three youths aged 15 to 20.
A 16-year-old initially arrested has been released and is no longer a suspect, prosecutor Andreas Nyberg said. Four men have been arrested: two around ages 25 and 35 suspected of incitement to murder, a third in his 20s suspected of murder, and a fourth around age 45 suspected of incitement to murder. Police have not confirmed the shooting was gang-related, but Swedish media reported at least one of the dead had connections to a criminal gang.
Uppsala is home base for Sweden's two most notorious gangs, Rumba and Foxtrot, whose leaders Ismail Abdo and Rawa Majid are believed to be orchestrating operations from abroad. A new violent chapter began when Abdo's mother was murdered in 2023 in Uppsala. Sweden has struggled for years to rein in gang conflicts, leading to frequent shootings and bombings.
Last week, a mother and young child were severely injured by a homemade bomb targeting a neighbor with suspected gang ties. Earlier in April, two people were killed in a suspected gang fight in Gothenburg. A renowned rapper was shot dead in a gang battle in Gothenburg in December.
Perpetrators are often young teens hired as contract killers because they are under 15, the age of criminal responsibility. The Swedish government proposed legislation to allow police to wiretap children under 15 to curb violence. In 2024, Sweden recorded 92 killings, 29 fewer than 2023, the lowest since 2014.
There were 296 reported shootings in 2024, down a fifth from the year before. Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson's center-right minority government came to power in 2022 with a vow to get tough on crime. In a separate case, a 16-year-old boy from Skåne was arrested for an attempted murder in Uddevalla, which was ordered remotely by Foxtrot top figure Ali Shehab, according to the police investigation.
The same 16-year-old is suspected of a prior attempted murder on a Swedish-Iranian academic on September 2. Two other teenage boys are suspected of involvement; one is also suspected of conspiracy against a Swedish weapons company. Ali Shehab has been detained in absentia for instigation of the Uddevalla shooting and was reportedly arrested in Iraq in December.
The Swedish Security Service is aware of the case regarding the attempted murder of the academic. Prosecutor Per-Erik Rinsell said five people are suspected in that case, and charges may be filed in March. In other major cases, a mother and child fell overboard from a ferry between Gdynia and Karlskrona on June 29 and were pronounced dead; the investigation was closed because the suspect, the mother, is deceased.
Like an execution
A trial started on September 5, 2023, for two representatives of Lundin Oil AB indicted for complicity in war crimes in Sudan. 5 years. A man in his 40s was indicted for attempted serious extortion, serious weapons crime, and attempted financing of terrorism on behalf of the PKK.
The investigation into the Nord Stream pipeline detonations is ongoing and complex. Two men were convicted of gross espionage; one sentenced to life, the other to 9 years 10 months. Salwan Najem was convicted of hate crimes for desecrating and burning Qurans in 2023; the court ruled his acts went beyond legitimate religious criticism.
Five people were arrested in relation to the killing of Salwan Momika but later released. An 18-year-old planned an attack in Kungsträdgården during the Culture Festival in August, conducting reconnaissance, handling explosives components, purchasing clothing, and acquiring a body camera. The attack was planned in the name of the Islamic State.
Two men planned to murder a man in southern Germany on August 14, 2024, but aborted when someone else opened the door; they are charged with participation in a terrorist organisation for swearing allegiance to IS. The 18-year-old is also charged with preparation for an offense under the act on flammable and explosive goods and training for terrorism. The trial starts November 11 at Stockholm District Court.
On March 10, 2024, a 37-year-old man's body was found in a sports bag in a forest on Värmdö. A 25-year-old woman and her 20-year-old brother-in-law are prosecuted for murder; her 26-year-old brother for gross protection of a criminal. The motive was honor-related, as the woman had a previous relationship with the victim.
The victim was beaten, stabbed, and died from a deep cut wound to the neck. The woman's two small children were present in the residence during the murder. The woman and the 20-year-old are also charged with gross desecration of a grave for disposing of the body.
After the murder, the suspects fled abroad; the woman was arrested in the US and extradited. The woman's husband is internationally wanted for murder and gross desecration of a grave. , a Swedish citizen, was convicted of genocide, crimes against humanity, and war crimes for detaining Yazidi women and children in Raqqa, sentenced to 12 years imprisonment.
A boy has been detained by Stockholm District Court on probable cause suspected of murder. A verdict will be announced on Wednesday in a case where a man was prosecuted for the murder of his 19-month-old son. Vice Chief Prosecutor Hans Ihrman plans to file charges on June 9 in the high-profile murder of a 15-year-old in Hammarby Sjöstad.
A prosecutor closed a preliminary investigation where a person was suspected of causing another's death after a child died earlier this year. Several boys under 18 detained for money laundering in the investigation into a murder in Hjälstaviken nature reserve have been released; none are suspected of involvement in the murder. In the case of suspected murder in Årjäng, the suspected man has been served with new suspicions, and a detention hearing will take place on Friday.
A 'foreign power' may have been involved in Momika's shooting.
Svea Court of Appeal upheld the district court's sentence of life imprisonment for a person convicted of gross espionage. Eskilstuna District Court will announce a verdict in a case concerning gross weapons offenses. Charges have been filed for two counts of attempted murder and preparation for gross sabotage against emergency services after the attack outside the police station in Norrköping on February 27.
A man from Stockholm was charged with sexual offenses against children committed online. A 16-year-old was prosecuted suspected of murdering a peer in Sollentuna last summer; the main hearing begins on Friday, November 1. The Prosecutor General made a submission to the Ministry of Justice regarding changes to legislation on secret coercive measures.
In response to an article in Dagens Nyheter about recruitments to the Swedish Prosecution Authority's head office, Prosecutor General Petra Lundh provided a comment. The investigation into the Malmö murder has been conducted as a so-called LUL 31 investigation, where someone under 15 can be suspected of a crime. The crime has been classified by the prosecutor as murder.
Gothenburg District Court will announce a verdict in the case where 16 people are charged with incitement against an ethnic group and violent riot. Senior Prosecutor Mikael Björk provided a brief status report on the preliminary investigation regarding two now deceased patients who received synthetic tracheas implanted. Deputy Chief Prosecutor Bengt Åsbäck decided to close a preliminary investigation into suspected fraud.
In July 2019, an elderly couple died in Tiveden as a result of gunshot wounds; a prosecutor has decided to close the preliminary investigation. Stockholm District Court acquitted the three police officers charged in connection with the shooting death of a 20-year-old man in Stockholm's inner city in August 2018; the prosecutor chose not to appeal. Previously, two people were suspected of the murder of a woman in Örby; the murder victim's husband is now completely removed as a suspect.
A man detained in connection with a death at a hotel in Stockholm has been released. A person has been arrested suspected of murdering a woman in a hotel room in Stockholm. Charges have been filed against a doctor previously employed at a hospital in Jönköping County.
The prosecution of fraud and benefit crimes is lower and throughput times longer compared to other crimes. In data intrusions, very large amounts of data from companies and authorities have been extracted, including extensive personal data including personal identification numbers of individuals with protected personal data. Prosecutor General Anders Perklev and National Police Chief Bengt Svensson presented the results of two government assignments.
The prosecutor released the man who was detained suspected of murdering a taxi driver on Wednesday. In October 2012, the Prosecutor General tasked a working group with developing ethical guidelines for employees within the Swedish Prosecution Authority; the group has submitted its proposal. The Prosecutor General requests a retrial to the detriment of a previously acquitted person in the case of suspected murder in Spekeröd outside Stenungsund.
In the investigation into a murder in Malmö, three people are requested detained: a 15-year-old and a 17-year-old on probable cause for murder and gross weapons offense, and a 35-year-old on probable cause for aiding and abetting murder. The Vårby case will be handled by Malmö District Court. In both cases, it is the same 15-year-old who is suspected of murder.
Times for the detention hearings are not yet determined. The prosecutors are not available to the media, and the press service has no further information or access to any documents in the cases.