List of grenade attacks in Sweden

In a significant increase of bombings, Swedish police forensics investigated around 150 explosions in 2015.^[1][2] There were over 30 grenade attacks reported in the Swedish city of Malmö alone by August 2015 of that year.^[3][4] In 2014 there were a total 25 grenade explosions in Malmö.^[5] Many attacks are related to organised crime, and extortion of restaurants and businesses.^[6] According to Swedish police, the use of hand grenades in crime is unprecedented in all comparable European and non-European countries, and the only countries with similar characteristics are those with warlike conditions.^[7] Malmö police have consequently warned about undetonated grenades in the city.^[8][9]

In Malmö the grenades are frequently old weapons from the wars in the Balkans.^[10] In addition to grenade attacks, there are a significant number of related bomb attacks with unidentified devices, including homemade bombs.^[11][12]

List of noted attacks since 2013

Attacks before 2013. ^[13][14]

2013

• 9 June, Malmö, a hand grenade exploded in a garbage shed on Ramels väg, damaging several cars.^[11]
• 14 September, Malmö, two people were hospitalised after a hand grenade exploded at Köpmansgatan.^[11]
• 9 November, Malmö, a device exploded in the stairwell of an assembly building in Norra Grängesbergsgatan.^[15]

2014

• 26 January, Malmö, a hand grenade was thrown into the window of a family's home in Seved. Thought to have been thrown by the assailants into a mistaken apartment, the family of three were said by police to have likely survived only because the father managed to close the bedroom door in time.^[11]
• 3 February, Malmö, a device exploded outside the Malmö District Court building, blasting out several windows.^[12]
• 15 April, Malmö, a grenade exploded outside a restaurant in Adelgatan.^[11]
• 6 May, Malmö, one man was severely injured after a grenade was thrown into his apartment on Estlandsgatan. The grenade was thought by police to have been thrown into a mistaken apartment by the assailants.^[11]
• 19 May, Malmö, a grenade exploded in Seved damaging eight cars and several buildings.^[11]
• 23 May, Malmö, a device exploded near Möllevångstorget.^[12]
• 27 October, Malmö, a bomb attack on the nightclub ship Prins Bernard.^[12]
• 13 November, Malmö, a device exploded outside a restaurant on Baltzargatan blasting the entrance.^[12]
• 20 November, Malmö, a device exploded outside a residential villa with a family inside in Rönnbackegatan.^[12]
• 29 November, Malmö, the Malmö District Court building received damage to the entrance in a major bomb attack which shattered windows in the nearby buildings.^[16]
• 20 December, Malmö, the entrance of the Victoria Park real estate office was blasted in an explosion.^[12]
• 24 December, Malmö, Victoria Park real estate offices were bombed for the third time, creating a hole in the wall and blasting out nearby windows.^[12]

2015

• 22 January, Malmö, a device exploded outside a residential building, damaging the exterior and shattering several windows.^[12]
• 2 February, Malmö, windows of the Modern Museum were blasted out and two cars were damaged after an explosion in central Malmö.^[12]
• 27 March, Malmö, a device exploded outside a residential villa in Arlöv.^[12]
• 10 April, Helsingborg, a device exploded after being thrown into an apartment balcony.^[17]
• 23 April, Malmö, a restaurant was damaged after a hand grenade exploded in Adelgatan.^[18]
• 30 April, Malmö, a device exploded outside a residential villa with three people inside in Husie.^[12]
• 21 May, Uppsala, two hand grenades exploded after being thrown into the nightclub Birger Jarl.^[19][20]
• 4 June, Malmö, a device exploded damaging a local store and several cars in Kroksbäck.^[12]
• 12 June, Malmö, two passers-by were injured when a grenade exploded in Rasmusgatan in Seved.^[21][22]
• 12 June, Gothenburg, four people including a 4-year-old girl were killed in a car bombing in Torslanda.^[1][23]

Main article: 2015 Gothenburg car bombing

• 16 June, Malmö, an explosion occurred in Almgården near Rosengård.^[22]
• 20 June, Malmö, two live grenades were thrown at an apartment building in Kroksbäck, but failed to detonate. 60 people were evacuated.^[22][24]
• 13 July, Malmö, a hand grenade exploded outside a family residence in Augustenborg.^[21][22]
• 15 July, Malmö, a grenade exploded near a residence in Arlöv.^[21]
• 17 July, Malmö, three cars were damaged after an explosion in Branteviksgatan.^[12]
• 21 July, Malmö, one man was injured after a grenade exploded outside a community hall on Norra Grängesbergsgatan.^[21][22]
• 23 July, Malmö, a grenade exploded under a car in Limhamn, damaging nearby cars and buildings.^[21]
• 24 July, Malmö, a grenade exploded at a social office and damaged nearby cars.^[21][25]
• 26 July, Malmö, a grenade exploded at a parking lot in Värnhem, damaging ten cars and shattering several house windows.^[21][26][27]
• 5 August, Trelleborg, a hand grenade exploded after being thrown into a social office.^[21][28]
• 9 August, Malmö, a hand grenade exploded in a residential area in Möllevången, with thirty windows shattered in the blast.^[21][29]
• 20 August, Botkyrka, a hand grenade exploded after being thrown at a police van with four police officers inside in Tumba.^[1][30]
• 11 September, Borås, a hand grenade exploded in a residential area in Hässleholmen, shattering several windows.^[31]
• 13 October, Gothenburg, a grenade exploded in Biskopsgården damaging six apartments.^[1][32][33]
• 11 November, Landskrona, the exterior of a house and several cars were damaged in a hand grenade attack.^[34]
• 16 November, Malmö, a device exploded in an apartment building in Lindängen.^[12]
• 2 December, Uppsala, a hand grenade exploded in the nightclub Birger Jarl.^[19][20]
• 27 December, Helsingborg, a nightclub in Bruksgatan received extensive damages in a bombing.^[1]

2016

• 27 January, Landskrona, several cars were damaged and windows shattered after a presumed hand grenade exploded in Tränggatan.^[35]
• 12 February, Gothenburg, two grenades exploded within nine minutes in apartments in two different locations (Lunden and Angered).^[36]
• 28 February, Malmö, an explosion on a balcony blasted out all windows of a Rosengård apartment.^[37]
• 2 March, Nyköping, two people were killed after a bomb they attempted to make exploded in an apartment in Brandkärr.^[1]
• 17 March, Malmö, an explosion destroyed a sports store and damaged the facade of the building.^[12][38]
• 22 March, Uppsala, a hand grenade exploded after being thrown into an apartment balcony.^[19]
• 27 March, Åmål, a device exploded after being thrown into an apartment with two people inside.^[1]
• 28 March, Stockholm, two hand grenades exploded in central Stockholm, damaging the entrances and exterior of a nightclub and restaurants.^[39]
• 6 April, Stockholm, a grenade exploded after being thrown into a restaurant in Jakobsberg.^[40]
• 11 April, Uppsala, one man was hospitalised after a grenade he held exploded at a parking lot in Stenhagen.^[19]
• 17 April, Landskrona, a hand grenade exploded after being thrown into an apartment, possibly against a casual target.^[1]
• 18 May, Malmö, a hand grenade exploded after being thrown into a residential villa in Fosie, likely against a casual target.^[1][41][42]
• 7 June, Botkyrka, a presumed hand grenade exploded in central Fittja.^[43]
• 24 June, Uppsala, a hand grenade exploded in a pizza restaurant.^[19]
• 9 July, Stockholm, a grenade exploded while automatic weapons were fired in a residential area in Sollentuna, amid four local shootouts in two days.^[2][44][45]
• 22 August, Gothenburg, a hand grenade exploded in an apartment in Biskopsgården, killing an 8-year-old child Yuusuf Warsame from Birmingham, England. Attack may be connected to an ongoing feud between members of Gothenburg’s Somali community.^[46][47]
• 4 September, Gothenburg, one or two grenades exploded on the balcony of an elderly disabled man, creating a hole and blasting out several windows. The grenade was thought by police to have been thrown indiscriminately at the apartment in a gang-area.^[48][49]
• 14 September, Gothenburg, a bomb exploded at a school in Järntorget.^[50]
• 14 September, Malmö, a car was bombed in central Malmö.^[51]
• 15 September, Malmö, the garage of a family home was blasted in an explosion in central Malmö.^[52]
• 10 October, Malmö, a nightclub was blasted in an explosion.^[53]
• 23 October, Malmö, a hand grenade exploded by a garage and a car in Husie.^[54]
• 28 October, Landskrona, a hand grenade exploded in a pizza restaurant.^[55]
• 29 October, Landskrona, a pizza restaurant was blasted in an explosion, the second in the town in two nights.^[56]
• 4 November, Malmö, in the early morning the ground floor of the office building "Sigmahuset" was subjected to a bomb attack using an unidentified explosive device. Since the building has a glass facade, damage was extensive.^[57] The ground floor houses a restaurant in the daytime and a nightclub during weekends and is situated next to a residential area.
• 11 November, Gothenburg, an explosive device was placed outside the office of a syndicalist movement. The device was discovered and detonated by a police in a controlled explosion.^[58]
• 30 November, Solna, a hand grenade was thrown against the balcony when a person was standing in the kitchen. The person got out of the apartment unharmed. The event is linked to gang crime.^[59]

Responses

Along with a number of shootings, the summer of 2015 was dubbed "the summer of unrest" by Swedish Prime Minister Stefan Löfven, who during a speech said the attacks would "not be tolerated".^[60] Some hundred new police officers were set to be appointed in Malmö in the following months, after concerns were raised by the regional police union.^[61]

See also

• 2015 Gothenburg pub shooting

References

External links

• Map of bombing incidents in Malmö in 2013 (Sydsvenskan)
• Interactive map of bombings in Malmö since 2014 (Sydsvenskan and HD),
• Map of mid-2015 grenade attacks in Malmö (Aftonbladet)
• Map of grenade attacks in Uppsala since 2015 (unt.se)