Ildar “Scar” Galiyev, described as one of Sweden's worst violent criminals, has been extradited from Greece. He is suspected of being the mastermind behind several murders and bombings linked to the criminal Dalennätverket. Galiyev is pointed out as a hitman for the network.
Ildar “Scar” Galiyev, 25 years old and born in Kazakhstan, grew up in Enskededalen in southern Stockholm. He has previously been convicted of several drug offenses and attempted extortion. According to SVT, he was early subject to social services interventions and suspected of serious criminality already at age 13. Galiyev is considered high-ranking in the criminal Dalennätverket, where he is pointed out as an enforcer. When arrested in Greece, he wore a gold piece inscribed “sicario,” meaning hitman, according to Expressen.
Galiyev is detained in absentia for over 20 crimes, most from 2023 and 2024 during the violence wave in Stockholm. He is suspected of instigating several serious violent crimes via encrypted chats from Greece under aliases like “Scar” and “Muerte.” One example is the murder of an 18-year-old man at a sports field in Fruängen in southern Stockholm on September 27, 2023, when several children were present. Videos of the incident spread afterward. The same night, a microwave oven filled with 13 kilograms of dynamite was left between two row houses in Fullerö outside Uppsala, targeted at a relative of gang leader Rawa Majid. The explosion killed a 24-year-old woman in the neighboring house.
Galiyev has been linked to other acts of violence. Several media report that he is seen as interesting in the investigation of the murder of rapper Einár on October 21, 2021. He was previously friends with Einár, appeared in music videos, and was mentioned in lyrics. Police plan to question him about the murder, according to sources to SVT. In 2022, he was detained for the murder of a 43-year-old father of two in Farsta strand on October 12, 2021, which police described as a mis-shooting where a 16-year-old boy was also seriously injured. Galiyev was released after six weeks due to lack of evidence, according to the newspaper Mitti.
Many young perpetrators of the crimes have been arrested and convicted, while Galiyev evaded capture until he was sentenced to prison in Greece, which he has now served.
