Thursday evening's explosion in Solna is being investigated as a public-dangerous devastation, and Friday's explosion on Södermalm in Stockholm as a serious public-dangerous devastation.
The police are investigating whether there is any connection between the crime.
It concerns two of the explosions in Sweden this year.
Until September 15, 68 explosions were carried out.
It indicates an increase since the same time period in 2020 but a decrease compared to both 2020 and 2019.
Police Commissioner Gunnar Appelgren points out that explosions are often about extortion situations with the aim of getting someone to pay or do something - and that it usually takes place within the criminal environment.
- There is no intention to kill in these typical explosions, he says.
"No explosive professionals"
At the same time, the detonator often has poor control of who is coming out of the building, and there is a risk that passers-by will be injured.
This is something the perpetrators are indifferent to, says Appelgren.
Although shootings are also dangerous, explosions are even more uncontrollable.
- We realize within the police that this is more dangerous for third parties.
- In addition, there are no explosive professionals, so the risk is that you take in too much.
A tool
The type of explosive charge the perpetrators use usually differs, but according to a survey carried out by the Stockholm police region, they can be divided into three different levels: the first level is hand grenades, the second gunpowder or electric cartridges and the last remotely triggered.
- Whether the explosions have any connection to each other, I don't know, but they take place in similar environments as shootings: criminal network environments where explosions are a tool and in shootings you want to kill someone, that's obvious, says Gunnar Appelgren and adds :
- You shoot to kill today and you blow up to scare.