Fact-based reporting on gang violence and crime in Sweden.
Jun 5, 2024 • 16 tweets • 5 min read
[Thread] This is a running tally of all deadly shootings across Sweden in 2024. Last year, 54 people were shot dead, the second highest figure ever recorded sverigesradio.se/artikel/i-geno… (1) - Jan 6 - A 20-year old man was found shot in an industrial area in Linköping. He sustained critical injuries & died at the hospital a month later svt.se/nyheter/lokalt…
Oct 2, 2023 • 14 tweets • 5 min read
[Thread] Is Rawa Majid/Foxtrot losing the gang war? Here’s a brief thread that covers details surrounding Majid’s presence in Turkey and the trajectory of the current conflict between him and Abdo
When Majid fled to Turkey, he gained citizenship by investing approximately $400,000 in real estate (), something that scores of Swedish gang criminals have done shorturl.at/dktAT svt.se/nyheter/inrike…
Sep 30, 2023 • 44 tweets • 15 min read
[Thread] Why is the Swedish government asking the armed forces to assist police in counter-gang operations? The answer is years of escalating gang violence, with 12 dead this month alone. This thread will break down the details
Earlier this month, a shooting in Turkey ignited a gang war in Sweden that’s so far resulted in 20 shootings (11 dead/4 injured) and at least 10 bombings (1 dead/4 injured). First, some background & an exhaustive list of the attacks. .expressen.se/nyheter/valdsv…
Jun 21, 2022 • 13 tweets • 6 min read
Two men have been convicted for detonating an 8kg powerful IED at the entrance to the main police station in Helsingborg, Sweden on Oct. 17, 2017 — destroying it. They were sentenced 7 years each svt.se/nyheter/lokalt…
Swedish police stations have repeatedly targeted in bombings by violent gangs, sometimes as retribution for arrests. The police station in Malmö was damaged in a powerful IED blast on Nov. 30, 2014 that took out two balconies on other side of the street amp.svt.se/nyheter/lokalt…
Jun 14, 2022 • 32 tweets • 10 min read
🧵Here's a list of all deadly shootings that have happened in Sweden so far during 2022 as part of escalating gang violence. I'll update the list as the year progresses, but as of today at least 32 people have been killed – a record number expressen.se/kronikorer/fre…(1) - Jan 10 - A man is shot dead in his car in Jakobsberg, NW of Stockholm. The man had connections to the 'Headshot League' gang, and was previously convicted of drug offences, theft, and assault aftonbladet.se/nyheter/krim/a…