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A 16-year-old boy is suspected of gunning down a boy of the same age in Eskilstuna.
This spring, social services raised the alarm about the child’s development, and he was treated according to LVU.
“The social services committee has the most information that he acts like a ‘running boy’ for several of the most serious criminals in Eskilstuna,” he says in a verdict.
Just before 8 p.m. Thursday night, explosions were heard in the Nyfors district of Eskilstuna.
A boy, who should have turned 17 on Sunday, was found shot at the scene. They took him to the hospital, but his life could not be saved.
Also suspected of attempted murder
Yesterday a 16-year-old man, reasonably suspected of the murder, was arrested. Later on Sunday night, he was arrested.
– In the investigation, we have several circumstances that point in the direction of this young man, says Thomas Karlsson, head of the investigation section in the Södermanland police area.
The arrested child is also suspected of attempted murder.
– In connection with the shooting and death of the 16-year-old, another person was present at the scene. There are circumstances that suggest that he too was shot.
– There is a connection with what are often called gang constellations, although they are usually poorly coordinated, continues the head of the investigation, Thomas Karlsson.
Photo: Sebastian Skog
Police at the roadblocks at the crime scene in Eskilstuna.
“Run boy for the most serious criminals”
The 16-year-old murder suspect was arrested in March, according to LVU.
The child had become relevant to social services due to an alarm that the child was in a context where there were drugs and weapons. Therefore, compulsory care was requested in accordance with the Youth Care Act, LVU.
“The Social Welfare Board has the majority of the information that NN acts as a ‘broker’ for several of Eskilstuna’s most serious criminals,” it says in an administrative court ruling.
The court ruled that the child should be detained.
Memorial service this Friday
The life of the murdered 16-year-old had also taken steps in the wrong direction, says Josef Nsumbu, a pastor in Eskilstuna who knows the family.
The pastor dealt with the boy’s confirmation a couple of years ago, but lately he had seen less and less of it when the boy was placed in an HVB home.
– We heard that they took care of it and placed it somewhere, then we understood that there must be some problems. He was able to visit his mother but we hadn’t had direct contact recently, says Josef Nsumbu, pastor of St. Eskilskyrkan Ecumenical Church.
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Pastor Josef Nsumbu.
A memorial service was organized on Friday evening in the Nyfors district. There, the pastor met the 16-year-old’s former soccer coach and many of the boy’s friends.
– It is said that he was part of criminal groups. We hadn’t seen him, but maybe the police have. Maybe it had two sides. But when he was younger, it was so good to talk to him. It was not difficult. He was very calm and polite, says Josef Nsumbu.
“Society must wake up”
The 16-year-old’s life ended three days before his planned 17-year celebration. In almost exactly the same location, another young man was shot and killed in November 2018.
No one has been arrested after the fatal shooting in Nyköping, which also took place on Thursday night.
Photo: Pontus Stenberg
About four hours later, a 21-year-old man was shot and killed at a school in Brandkärr, Nyköping. It is unclear if there are links between the killings.
In the Eskilstuna messenger, Councilor Jimmy Jansson (S) appealed to national politicians for help to “stop shit” and “crush criminal structures.”
Pastor and theologian Josef Nsumbo says that the whole of society must wake up and not let problems be solved by the police and other authorities.
– One of the words that I think is so powerful in Swedish is “neighbor”. I usually interpret it this way, that I am not one person but the other. Imagine if we understood that no matter what problems we may have between us, we can solve it in another way if we feel like human beings, says Josef Nsumbo.
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