The family states that they turned to a large number of municipalities, which the police consider safe, to start a new life.

So far no one was able to send in the perfect solution, which is not strange.

They are referred to the ordinary housing market.

But it is not easy for the large family with ten children, a grandmother and two parents without employment.

After Yusuf's cousin was murdered in February, the whole family was placed in sheltered housing and now lives in uncertainty about the future.

Must provide better protection for crime victims in vulnerable areas

Lawyer Evin Cetin has represented Yusuf after the assassination attempt and committed himself to the family.

She believes that the responsibility should not lie with individual municipalities' own will as to whether they should accept victims of crime or not.

- That crime victims who have testified are refused to settle in one of the few municipalities in which they can live due to the threat risk, is not to break the culture of silence, Evin Cetin believes.

In its 34-point program to combat gang crime, the government has stated that support for witnesses and relatives must be strengthened.

Evin Cetin believes that the government needs to focus on how to better protect victims of crime in vulnerable areas.

The criminals often know where the relatives of crime victims live and how they move because they live in the same area, according to the lawyer.

Dot marked and guarded by criminals

- The protection for witnesses must be extended to also apply to family members, otherwise we will never get witnesses to participate in the preliminary investigation or in the district court, says Evin Cetin. 

She plans to make a JO report against Bops Linköping, because she believes that the police, despite reports, have not taken the necessary measures to protect the family.

- It is very important for the judiciary that this is evaluated so that no more people will have their family members executed because they testify and contribute to solving crimes, says Evin Cetin.

Footnote: Yusuf is actually called something else.

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