Mother lost her legs in an explosion - punishment is toughened

During the wave of violence, the word misfiring came to be used frequently. But there were also a number of misfires. One of the most fatal happened to a family with small children in Tumba, south of Stockholm, in the spring of 2025.

The idea was initially to put a middle-aged man with a major drug debt to the Foxtrot network under pressure. But when the 34-year-old who was tasked with throwing a hand grenade into the man's home arrived at the scene, he seems to have typed the wrong address into Google Maps. He accidentally throws the grenade into the family's bedroom.

The mother's injuries are so extensive that she is forced to amputate both legs. Her young child is also seriously injured.

The time after the bombing has been marked by deep suffering for the family. The mother has undergone twelve operations and the healing process has been delayed with several setbacks. She has described the pain as unbearable, despite large doses of painkillers.

- I thought it was better that I had died. Now I'm sitting here, and I'm still in pain. At night I often have difficulty sleeping. Sometimes I find it difficult to breathe, said the mother during the trial earlier this year.

The extensive injuries have also caused problems in her parenting role as she has difficulty carrying her children and playing with them on the floor.

- My children's childhood has been taken away from them, the mother continued during the main hearing.

This summer, the Södertörn district court sentenced five people for varying degrees of involvement in the faulty explosion. For the instigator, a 30-year-old man linked to the Foxtrot network, the sentence was life imprisonment. The 34-year-old who threw the grenade was sentenced to 13 years and 10 months in prison.

The case also covers an incident in April 2025 when two hand grenades were thrown at a residence in Sätra. Several people were sleeping when one of the grenades detonated inside the home, but no one was injured.

Now Svea informs the Court of Appeal that the life sentence for the instigator remains. For the 34-year-old, however, the sentence is increased by one year to 14 years and 10 months in prison. He is convicted of four counts of attempted murder, aggravated public dangerous destruction and aggravated unlawful threat.

The affected family in Tumba receives compensation. The largest amount, approximately SEK 1.67 million, goes to the mother.