Sweden hits four explosions in one hour as gang violence rises

Swedish police near the explosion site in Gothenburg Photo: Adam Ihse/AFP

Demining experts were called in after Sweden was hit by four explosion in just an hour amid a surge in gang violence.

Just after 1:00 am local time (23:00 GMT), Gothenburg police received a report of two explosions at addresses 10 minutes apart. .

Officers said that both sites were cordoned off while technical investigations were carried out and the national sapper group was called to the site.

“There are no reports of casualties, only material damage,” they said they are.

Explosions in residential buildings

An hour later, two more explosions were reported, a few minutes apart, in Norsborg, a suburb south of Stockholm, and in Nyköping, about 100 km south of the capital.

According to the police, no one was hurt in both cases. All four blasts took place in residential buildings.

Sweden has struggled to contain a spate of shootings and bombings in recent years as gangs settle scores fueled by the drug trade, but Gothenburg police have said it is too early to do any or assumptions. about the motive for two explosions in the city.

According to the police, there were 90 explosions in Sweden last year and another 101 cases of attempted or preparation for explosions. As of August 15, 109 explosions have been recorded this year.

Police have previously said that bombs are mainly used to intimidate targets, and gunfire is used to destroy enemies. According to police, there were 391 shootings in the country in 2022, 62 of them fatal, up from 45 the previous year.