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Following alarms about heavy shocks in Eskilstuna’s Nyfors district on Thursday night, a 16-year-old boy was found seriously shot. He died overnight from his injuries.
IS: t Eskilskyrkan, not far from there, a management meeting had taken place during the night, and Pastor Josef Nsumbu was about to close the church door when he saw a woman belonging to the congregation running out of his home, crying and screaming.
– I took it in my hands and asked what it was. He couldn’t say anything, he just cried and cried, but his youngest son said, “My older brother has been shot and is in hospital,” says Josef Nsumbu.
Together they went to the hospital, where it was clear that the boy’s life could not be saved. The mother was able to see the body before it was transferred to forensic medicine.
Police: risk of retaliation
The next morning, Josef Nsumbu opened the assembly hall for those who wanted to gather and cry, and in the evening a devotion was held at the crime scene not far from there.
– It was very moving. There were many people, many young people crying, worried faces, he says.
The pastor read a verse from the Bible and asked for love.
– I said that it is through love that we can build a country. It is not just a matter for the police and authorities, but for all of us.
Police have stated that they had known the 16-year-old before and that the murder may have connections to “criminal networks”. There is also concern about revenge actions by the police.
– There is always the risk of retaliation, but we want to try to counter it, said Mikael Backman, head of the Sörmland police area, in a statement.
Placed in HVB
The murdered boy came to Sweden as an asylum seeker with his mother and siblings a few years ago and soon became part of the congregation.
In 2017, the boy began in confirmation teaching with Pastor Nsumbu.
– The photo we had of him then was of a very calm and kind guy. As the oldest of the children, he helped his mother take care of his younger siblings.
But around the same time, he became involved with social services, administrative court documents show. He was found to be frank and a suspect in various crimes and was placed in an HVB home.
In the fall of 2018, a new investigation of social services was launched. Then the boy had run away from his HVB home and was taken into the woods, where he was beaten by several people. However, he did not want to report to the police, but stated that he wanted revenge.
Following a decision on immediate care, he was placed in a new HVB, but soon relocated after threatening him and ending up in a fight with another resident.
Killed 400 meters from mother
The social services investigation showed that he had “criminal and rule-violating values” and that there was a “risk that he would end up in life-threatening situations.”
His mother admitted that they would take care of him by force. He himself thought that care could be done on a voluntary basis. He denied belonging to any gang but claimed that someone he did not know was pressuring him for money.
On Sunday, he would return home to the family to celebrate his 17th birthday, according to Pastor Nsumbu. But he never got to experience that day.
– 400 meters from the mother, where he is killed, says Josef Nsumbu.
Crime statistics 2019 from the Swedish Council for Crime Prevention (Brå).
