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Sweden saw 27 bombings in 27 days to begin 2025.
Archived version: https://web.archive.org/web/20250131030810/https://www.euractiv.com/section/politics/news/no-control-sweden-grapples-with-bomb-violence-wave/
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As far as I understand it’s the relic from Yugoslav wars/Kosovo war. A lot of the weapons after wars came with Serbs. And combined that with prior migrant worker migration there a sizable population of Serbs in Sweden. Grenades seems to be their weapon of choice.
I also think a part of it was that grenades were not classified as the same thing as a firearm. So there were circumstanses where it was forbidden to have a gun, but a grenade was fine. That kept them in circulation.
Any weapon not classified in a specific category goes under Knivlagen (Knifelaw). This also includes home made alchemical spray weapons and such.
Wouldn’t that plug any loophole for grenades?
References:
Knivlagen https://www.riksdagen.se/sv/dokument-och-lagar/dokument/svensk-forfattningssamling/lag-1988254-om-forbud-betraffande-knivar-och_sfs-1988-254/
See ""andra föremål som är ägnade att användas som vapen vid brott mot liv och hälsa "
interesting i was under the impression that it was other immigrants involved. genuinely the first time i heard this had something to do with ex-yugoslavia. that was an issue in netherlands too 15 years ago, not sure now. albanian gangsters seem to be the new big bad in other parts of europe as well