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After the bomb attack on an apartment building in Linköping last year where around 20 people were slightly injured, only two have applied for compensation.
– These people have applied for compensation for burns and pain, and it is compensation for the physical and mental suffering they had due to the crime and then they have also applied for the rape, says Åsa Lundmark, head of the criminal damage unit of the Authority Victims of Crime
In recent years There have been several bombings of apartment buildings where many residents have been affected. In the Linköping case in June last year, around 20 people were injured after the blast and 250 apartments were affected, and more should be entitled to compensation for criminal damages, according to Åsa Lundmark of the Crime Victims Authority. .
– The police investigation into the Linköping incident shows that a large number of people were injured, so yes, I would say that there are more who are entitled to compensation.
Compensation of The authority of the crime victim can be paid if there is no convicted person who can pay the damages. No compensation is paid for damage to property or for things that have already been compensated for by insurance companies.
– An assessment is carried out in each individual case and then it is analyzed, among other things, if the person has been injured, to what risk they have been exposed and if the act was directed at a specific person, says Åsa Lundmark.
Another bombing that affected many took place in Östermalm in Stockholm in January. In that case, no requests for criminal compensation have yet been received.
– The preliminary police investigation is still ongoing, but we expect applications to be received now during the year and next, says Åsa Lundmark.
To apply According to Åsa Lundmark, this may be due to the fact that those affected do not know that it is possible to request criminal compensation and according to her it is important that this information is provided:
– It is important that vulnerable people receive correct information and the police have an important role to play.
Arne Brovig lives on a staircase in Kista, northwest of Stockholm, where an explosion took place in January. He is also the president of the landlord-tenant association. If no one is convicted of that act, Arne Brovig will urge those living in the house to seek compensation from the Crime Victims Authority.
– No one has informed us about this from the authorities, but I will encourage people to send, he says.
