The municipality sounds the alarm • Shown images of weapons and drugs • “Could end really badly”
Sandviken municipality suspects that gang criminals tried to recruit a group of ten-year-olds to hockey training.
The suspected 14-year-olds are said to have enticed with sweets, swish and weapons.
– It can end really badly, says Rolf Sundqvist, the municipality’s security manager.
Just before the afternoon training on Wednesday, two older guys showed up at the ten-year-olds’ hockey in Sandvikens IK. The boys, who are 14 years old, offered to swipe a larger amount of money and buy sweets for the children. It was The worker’s sheet first to report on.
– They wooed the children and showed pictures of weapons and drugs, says Rolf Sundqvist, head of security at Sandviken municipality.
Society is going in the wrong direction
The suspicious recruitment at Jernvallen has not happened before, although the security manager has seen similar behavior around both the schools and outside the cinema in Sandviken.
– We do not know what the behavior may be due to. I am concerned but not shocked, says Rolf Sundqvist.
The security chief further tells TV4 Nyheterna that he takes the incident seriously and has called a crisis meeting with security guards, schools, sports associations and social services on Thursday.
– The behavior where older youths seek out younger ones is what society looks like these days. It is very serious and proof that society is not going in the right direction, says Rolf Sundqvist.
“Know who the guys are”
He emphasizes the importance of the parents being aware of the problem with information so that they are “in the game” – but also talk to their children.
– It can end really badly. Older people get young people involved in stupid things, which at first seem cool and innocent. Because right as it is, owe someone 2,000 kroner on a pretend debt, says Rolf Sundqvist.
The ten-year-olds sounded the alarm to both coaches and parents. In just a few days, the municipality had the names of the suspected high school boys.
The ice rink is an open arena and now the municipality is reviewing whether it will continue to be so in the future.
– Considering the wave of violence that has swept over Sweden and what has happened in Sandviken in recent years, you feel a little worried. Especially if this type of crime starts to find its way down to the sports facilities, says Markus Baggström, chairman of Sandvikens IK, to The Express.