It was during the summer of 2022 that the 32-year-old HVB employee starts sending private sms to Aida. When she replies that she is not interested in him, he shows up in her room.
– He said, “You should be mine, you have no choice,” Aida tells SVT.
Expressed IS sympathies
When the man leaves the room, Aida decides to check him out- and discovers that he had another first and last name.
– When I searched for his old name, pictures came up where he stood and held a lot of men with a beard. Then I started to realize it was something, says Aida.
What Aida is now discovering is something that several schools, HVB homes and SIS homes have missed for ten years. The man is a designated radical Islamist, and has expressed sympathy for IS.
– I was scared. I got really scared, says Aida.
SVT’s review shows that the man can be linked to two radical, Islamist organizations and has been flagged as a security threat by Säpo.
In the autumn of 2022, Aida is exposed to several rapes by the man. His connections to radical Islamism mean that she dare not sound an alarm, and Aida says the man threatened both her and her family.
– Every time he started threatening me, I became quiet. I thought he might be capable of killing me.
“We followed our routines”
The HVB home owner Krica declines an interview with SVT.
“At the time of employment, there was nothing in the background checks or references that gave reason to suspect something,” writes Maria Edlund, CEO of Krica, in an email.
But the police investigation shows that the HVB home received information that there could be IS-connections in connection with the man’s employment.
In a hearing with the HVB home’s then manager, he says that the man told him that he should change his name. According to the manager, this has been explained by the fact that he had relatives organized in IS.
Shouldn’t this information result in a closer control of the man?
“We refrain from interviewing and refer to our previous answers,” writes Maria Edlund in an email.
Aida is surprised that one did not discover the truth about the man.
– It really wasn’t difficult, it didn’t even take an hour, says Aida.
A few days after Aida was discharged from the HVB home, in January 2023, she sounds alarms about the abuse. The man is sentenced to six years in prison for eight cases of rape. He was released from illegal threats, and has declined an interview with SVT.