Last year was a record year for shootings and explosions in Sweden. Then 149 detonations and 363 shootings were carried out. So far this year, 21 detonations and 30 shootings have been reported, according to the police. Chief prosecutor Lise Tamm has worked against organized crime for many years. According to her, the escalation of violence is due to a so-called “revenge spiral”. – There are different phalanxes that war against each other, and they take revenge. You visit relatives. They want them to disappear and leave the country, which some have done, says Lise Tamm. Lise Tamm believes that what we see today is a new variant of “an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth”. She calls it blood revenge. – It is common in large parts of the world, where there are standards of honor. That’s what we’re seeing here, and it will continue until they come to an agreement. They have to settle somehow, she says. “We are very unique in Sweden” With the hope of giving relatives stronger protection, National Police Chief Petra Lundh has opened for preliminary investigations to be kept secret until a verdict is reached – something that Lise Tamm says she and her colleagues have been asking for for a long time time. She points to how it looks in other countries, such as Denmark. – You cannot get a preliminary investigation report in other countries, which you can just take with you and browse through. We are very unique when it comes to that in Sweden, says Lise Tamm. Preliminary investigation records contain information that can make it easier for outsiders to find out where people live and who their relatives are. It is part of the constitution through the principle of publicity, but according to Lise Tamm, Swedish legal security would not be affected if the national police chief’s proposal were to become a reality. – It is not a secret for the parties. It is not a secret to the suspect. We want the media to be able to scrutinize us, but then they can do it at a later time when there is no risk to others. Relatives risk their lives, and that is not reasonable, says Lise Tamm.
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