Following this week's deadly shootings in Stockholm, police are working to prevent a new spiral of violence. Two boys in their upper teens were shot dead in Vårby gård and Tyresö, while a man was wounded in Frösunda. A 15-year-old girl has been remanded in custody suspected of murder in Vårby gård and another murder in Malmö.
Stockholm police are investigating several shootings that occurred in daylight this week, which Magnus Mowitz, deputy chief in Stockholm north, describes as a deviation. "Perpetrators committing crimes in public environments during daytime tend to take significantly more risks," he says. The shootings in Tyresö happened at 15:08 on a bus in front of many passengers, and in Frösunda at 14:48 on a square.
Before the week, no fatal shootings had occurred in the Stockholm region in 2026, and the number of shootings was decreasing. Now, two boys in their upper teens have been killed – one in Vårby gård at a football field and one in Tyresö on a bus. A man was shot and wounded in Frösunda. No one has been arrested after the Tyresö incident.
A 15-year-old girl is suspected of the murder in Vårby gård. She was arrested two days after the shooting, suspected of traveling to Malmö and committing another murder there. On Friday, she was remanded in custody along with a 17-year-old boy and a 35-year-old man.
Mowitz notes continued demand for violence via social media, where youths attempt to take on assignments weekly. Conflicts are more diffuse due to arrests of key actors and international networks. "It is not as clear which networks stand against each other," he says.
Researcher Anna Hedin Ekström emphasizes that criminals actively recruit girls, who have previously flown under the radar. Most such girls have suffered sexual violence, and recruitment occurs digitally. Police are doing everything to cool the situation through arrests.
