Two teenagers have been charged over the 10 April shooting in Alby. The new court action also includes an allegation that a 13-year-old boy, whose own alleged role is being examined in a separate evidentiary proceeding, was subjected to an attempted extortion the following day by one of those charged.
DN reports that a boy who was 17 at the time has been charged with attempted murder. According to the indictment, he allegedly fired at least two shots at a 30-year-old man, who survived with injuries to his arms and upper body. Another boy, then 15, has been charged with aiding attempted murder. Prosecutors allege that he arranged accommodation for the shooter and taxi transport to and from the scene.
The 13-year-old is also suspected of involvement, but was below Sweden’s age of criminal responsibility. Prosecutors have therefore brought an evidentiary action, allowing a court to examine his alleged role without an ordinary criminal prosecution. That distinction matters: the proceeding concerns what can be established about his actions, rather than imposing criminal liability under the same framework applied to the charged teenagers.
Prosecutors further allege that the charged 15-year-old tried to force the 13-year-old to pay SEK 80,000 the day after the shooting. The indictment says the boy’s family was threatened with harm or death if he did not pay. The allegation makes the case about more than the shooting itself: the court will also have to assess whether an alleged accomplice tried to exert control over a younger boy afterwards.
The prosecutor has described the arrangement as “crime-as-a-service”. But DN reports that the investigation has not linked the shooting to a specific criminal network or identified the underlying conflict. The 15-year-old denies wrongdoing through his lawyer, and the 13-year-old also denies wrongdoing. The charges therefore broaden the sequence of events for the court to examine; they do not settle who ordered the shooting or why.
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- Dagens Nyheter · Source date: 2026-11-13
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