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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

References

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