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Explosion in Gubbängen – teenager arrested

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The next day, work is underway to clean up after the powerful explosion that was heard over southern Stockholm on Tuesday evening.

A teenager is arrested, but the motive is unclear.

– It seems that the more laws you make, the more problems we get, says Gubbängen resident Vlad Bojcic, 54.

A Gubbängen resident was out walking the dog on Tuesday evening. In the small park outside the house, the party met three young people at whom the dog growled.

– Ten minutes later it rained. So strong that the windows shattered, says a man who was at his neighbor’s house to drink wine.

“Mostly I’m pissed off”

He called the property owner and told them that they probably have a job to do.

Now, the next day, the man is on his way to work.

– It was unpleasant yesterday. But mostly I’m pissed off that kids are running around with guns and bombs. I’m annoyed with these bastards, he says.

Yesterday the cordons were large and the police’s blue lights illuminated the area. Today, the autumn sun shines over the green lawn in front of the three-story houses. Where yesterday there was a gate made of glass and dark wood, today there is only a large hole.

Lay on the lawn

Timmy Myrin, 28, comes out of the hole carrying a white stool. He has been here since 7.30 this morning to clean up. The work clothes are a little dusty.

– Then the door was out here on the lawn. In the hole where it sat before there were small piles of stone and inside the stairwell it was very dusty, says Timmy Myrin.

– And out here on the stone walkway it was full of broken glass. It came from up there, says Ted Myrin, 24, pointing up to the first-floor apartment windows.

The explosion also tore a hole in the rust-red balcony plate.

– We helped to clean up the glass inside the apartment as well, says Timmy.

The door is going to the tip

It is the first time that the brothers have to clean up after an explosion. They usually work with gardening.

– I was shocked when I heard that it had exploded here where we work. The ones we met in the house have been a bit cut off, says Timmy Myrin.

Now they are going to leave with the door to the tip.

At the same time, new workers are coming here. The sound of drilling is soon heard over the yard.

– We are going to put up a temporary metal door, says Johan Sjögrund, 61.

It is not the first time he and his colleagues are here to work. For two days at the end of 2022, this was shot. First towards a balcony. Then towards a door in the gate next door, where a man with no links to crime lived.

Teenage suspect

The police’s theory is that the real target in 2022 was relatives of an internationally wanted man.

– But now they have moved from here. So it’s hard to understand why it blew up here now, says Johan Sjögrund before he jumps into his car to go and get the door.

The police also do not seem to understand why it was blown up. But a teenager is now under arrest on suspicion of public destruction. According to Aftonbladet’s sources, he was arrested 20 minutes after the explosion, just half a kilometer from here.

Today, the police cars drive without their blue lights on in a rush through Gubbängen.

– We are here and showing off to create security, says a policeman in a yellow vest.

She doesn’t want to say more than that.

On the other side of the street are people from Farsta’s district administration and the Church of Sweden, offering crisis support.

“Of course I was scared”

Farther away in the yard, two neighbors, Vlad Bojcic, 54, and a woman are standing and talking about the explosion.

– Were you scared, asks the man.

– Yes. It can be anyone when you hear a bang like that, says the woman before she rushes away with the garbage.

Vlad Bojcic remains in the sunshine. He was not at home yesterday when it happened.

– The subway didn’t stop here, so I had to go to Hökarängen and walk from there. It’s not that far. But when I arrived, there were large roadblocks. You are not used to seeing your area that way, he says.

– But the police were fantastic and I had to go through the cordons and get home.

“Imagine what war is like”

After that, he has talked to many neighbors. Some are a little traumatized, he says.

– It allows you to imagine what it is like to live in war. But I always try to look optimistically at everything, that it will get better.

And talking to each other – Vlad Bojic believes that is necessary for things to get better.

– We need to have a more collective society. Today, everything is so divided between different groups. And it seems that the more laws you make, the more problems we get, says Vlad Bojcic.