On September 5 last year, two boys, 16 and 14 years old, took the train from Stockholm to Malmö. They had taken an assassination mission in Malmö via encrypted apps – hoping to be liked by Foxtrot leader Rawa Majid.
A woman, who was sitting near the young guys, heard how one of them was going to “take everything and stash it in the forest himself”. They told how they had to go to Stockholm again after they “completed the mission” and seemed to be “in a hurry to get back”.
But the boys never had time to complete their mission. On the platform in Malmö, the boys were arrested – after the woman secretly photographed them.
Bonus: SEK 400,000
Encrypted chats were found in their phones that revealed the murder plans. The trip was a job for Foxtrot leader Rawa Majid, known as the Kurdish Fox, where the compensation for the murder was 400,000 kroner.
The 16-year-old was looking for the money, but also respect. In the judgment, the district court describes how the boy has a mild intellectual disability and wanted the Kurdish fox to like him.
Tricked into status
The district court believes that the boy was “cynically exploited by older criminals who led him to believe that through the planned act he would gain status in some criminal group”.
During the trial, the 16-year-old admitted that he took on the murder mission and tricked his 14-year-old friend. The friend was also considered guilty of the murder preparations but was handed over to social authorities, as he is not a criminal.
The 16-year-old’s actions are equivalent to a prison sentence of four years, but because he is under 18, he is instead sentenced to youth supervision for a year.