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It is said that on Tuesday, August 25 this year, known criminal gangs stayed in Tensta Square and then urged passersby to stay inside tonight.
The source of the information was the police officers on duty. The intelligence data that indicated that there was an escalation of the conflict in the area at that time contributed to the police in connection with the incident to strengthen the police presence with more visible police in the area.
– It is completely unacceptable for criminals to come with such a threat, Therese Rosengren, head of the Rinkeby police area, said on Sunday.
The image of being gang criminals would have “issued a curfew” was reported in the media over the past weekend, almost two months after the incident.
Nalin Pekgul, a former deputy of the Social Democrats, reacted strongly to the information.
– I have lived here for 40 years and I know many of those who live here. “I have spoken to people both yesterday and today and no one has heard of any curfew,” he told DN on Sunday.
However, the police want don’t use the word “curfew.”
Patrick Ungsäter, head of the Northern Police Area, believes there is a downside to the police trying to be as transparent as possible:
– They asked us about the situation we had on August 25 and we answered it openly. The story now being told that gang criminals have the power to “issue a curfew” is regrettable.
– They don’t have that power, but of course they risk getting it if that image stabilizes, he says.
Patrick Ungsäter confirms that they have received information that the criminals, among them, have been urged to remain hidden on this very day. It happens from time to time, both in the form of rumors and in the form of calls through social networks, something that DN has noticed on several occasions.
– We have not seen before that the public is attracted by these warnings. Is seriously. However, we haven’t seen him before or since and I think the reporting this time has gone a bit far, he says.
The story now being told that gang criminals have the power to “issue a curfew” is regrettable. They don’t have that power, ”says Patrick Ungsäter, head of the Stockholm North Police Area.
Photo: Jimmy Gustafsson
One “proof” that the power of gang criminals is less than presented, he believes, is the fact that very few residents of Tensta seem to have noticed the incident, or even recognize themselves in the image that the criminals put out. bands that control, for example, Tensta.
– Even if you only told one person, we take it very seriously, says Therese Rosengren, who was the police who first told Tv4 what happened on August 25.
That the conflict between Several criminal constellations in the area escalated during the summer, no question. In early July, a young man from Tensta who had connections to one of the criminal networks in the Järva area was stabbed to death. The revenge came on August 13 when a man was shot and killed in a park in Rinkeby. Just a week later, on August 20, there was another murder linked to the networks.
In between, there were several assassination attempts and, according to information to Aftonbladet, the police also managed to prevent a planned assassination when in mid-July they arrested two men who entered Tensta on a moped, armed with automatic weapons.
One day after the incident On August 25, the police launched another operation against deadly violence. Since then, according to Therese Rosengren, 22 people belonging to the criminal gang environment have been arrested. Despite this, another person was killed on August 27. The murder took place in Husby.
– We have done and continue to do everything possible to get rid of these criminals, says Therese Rosengren.
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