On Monday afternoon, a dead man in his 20s was found in a green area at Lindängsbadet in Malmö. He is known to the police from before and is suspected of having been murdered.
“Even though we are early in the investigation, we see clear connections to previous serious violent crimes and the conflicts we have right now between criminal networks in Malmö,” says Mattias Sigfridsson, Acting Chief of Police in Malmö.
It is unclear how long the 20-year-old lay in the green area.
The risk of acts of violence increases
The risk of other acts of violence increases when a shootout between criminal networks has occurred. Research and experience show that, says Mattias Sigfridsson.
– What we have seen in recent weeks is an escalation of violence in these circles, we have had a fairly calm Malmö for several years before. We take the escalation very seriously and invest large resources to break it.
According to Mattias Sigfridsson, the police have several different ongoing intelligence operations. There, actors who have an influence on violent crimes that take place so that they can later be prosecuted are followed.
Have resources
TT: Do you have the necessary resources?
— We have already received help from other resources in the region. Right now we feel safe with the resources we have. We are also aware that despite all the work we do at all hours of the day, we cannot prevent all crimes. The important thing is that Malmö residents should be able to feel safe.
There are several different conflicts, all events are not connected, says Sigfridsson, who points out that there is an “ambition” on the part of the networks to harm each other.
“We’ve had six or seven shootings in July alone, and that should be compared to around 20 shootings per year in 2020 and 2021,” he says.