13-year-old was blackmailed after attempted murder in Alby

The alarm about a shooting in Alby south of Stockholm came in the middle of the day on April 10 this year. A 30-year-old man was found injured and was helped by passers-by.

- I saw him standing on his knees, a person tried to stop the bleeding with a shirt, said a person to DN afterwards.

On Tuesday, two people were charged with involvement in the shooting. A 17-year-old boy at the time is charged with attempted murder. According to the lawsuit, the 17-year-old tried to kill the victim by firing at least two shots that caused damage to "both arms and upper body" of the victim.

Another boy – 15 years old at the time of the shooting – is suspected of aiding and abetting attempted murder. According to the lawsuit, he is said to have, among other things, arranged for "the shooter's accommodation before the crime, transport by taxi to and from the crime scene".

Prosecutor Patrik Viklund describes the approach as "typical" in this context.

- This is what we have seen many examples of in recent years. It is young people who organize and carry out the crimes, he says.

Another boy – only 13 years old at the time of the crime – is also suspected of involvement in the attempted murder. However, he is not a criminal authority and the prosecutor has therefore instead brought an evidentiary action to let the court investigate the boy's role in the case.

- In my opinion, this is about crime-as-a-service. The nature of this case is very typical for that type of crime, says Patrik Viklund.

According to the prosecutor, the suspected 13-year-old has also been subjected to crime by one of the accused persons. The day after the shooting in Alby, the boy was subjected to an attempt at serious blackmail in that the accused 15-year-old allegedly tried to force the boy to pay SEK 80,000. If he didn't, his family would be "harmed or killed," according to the lawsuit.

Patrik Viklund says that the investigation has not been able to trace any single criminal network that allegedly ordered the shooting of the 30-year-old.

- We have looked at possible clients and where the order is coming from. What can be proven is that it is a crime-as-a-service scheme. But we haven't been able to connect exactly which conflict is behind it, he says.

The 15-year-old denies the crime, according to his defender Tobias Fälth. The 13-year-old also denies the crime, states his defender Ebru Tok.