A young man has been arrested on suspicion of involvement in the bombing that took place at a gate to an apartment building in Rågsved in southern Stockholm early on New Year’s Eve morning.
The young man, who is suspected of public destruction, was arrested by the police on January 5.
– This person has been arrested in his absence for some time and work in the investigation led to us finally catching him last night, says police spokesperson Carina Skagerlind, who otherwise cannot go into more detail about how the arrest took place.
It is unclear whether more perpetrators are involved in the explosion, but the police do not rule out that this may be the case.
The police have previously stated that the explosion in Rågsved is probably connected to previous murders and shootings in the capital during the Christmas weekend and the intervening days. In recent weeks, shootings and explosions have occurred in Rinkeby, Enskededalen, Farsta, Jordbro and Grimsta, among others.