On 12 June 2015, four people, including a 4-year-old girl, were killed in a
car bomb
A car bomb, bus bomb, lorry bomb, or truck bomb, also known as a vehicle-borne improvised explosive device (VBIED), is an improvised explosive device designed to be detonated in an automobile or other vehicles.
Car bombs can be roughly divided ...
ing in
Gothenburg
Gothenburg (; abbreviated Gbg; sv, Göteborg ) is the second-largest city in Sweden, fifth-largest in the Nordic countries, and capital of the Västra Götaland County. It is situated by the Kattegat, on the west coast of Sweden, and has ...
, Sweden.
The bombing was seen as part of the gang conflicts in the city, as at least one of the victims was a known gang leader.
Bombing
On Friday evening, 12 June around 17:00
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, a car exploded near a roundabout in
Torslanda, Gothenburg.
Roads were thereafter closed off, and several witnesses who were in a state of shock were taken care of in the local church in Amhult.
A pre-school child reported to have been one of four killed in the bombing was identified as a 4-year-old girl.
The girl was reportedly off on the Friday to go fishing with her father, a 29-year-old who also died in the bombing.
The car bombing took place amid an increase of homicides in Sweden, which was described as being "in an extreme situation" compared to other Nordic countries.
Investigation
The attack was seen in the context of retaliatory revenge killings in Gothenburg in recent years.
The bombing was in October 2015 changed to be investigated as suspected murder, after it was believed that a bomb had been deliberately placed in the car by people other than those present.
All three men were confirmed by police to have been connected to gang conflicts in the city.
A 32-year-old man who died in the bombing was confirmed to have been a known Gothenburg gang leader.
A person aged in the 20s was arrested in January 2016, suspected of complicity to the bombing.
See also
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2015 Gothenburg pub shooting
The shootings at the pub Vår Krog & Bar in Gothenburg happened on 18 March 2015. Two unidentified gunmen entered a pub in Gothenburg, Sweden and began firing indiscriminately at people inside the restaurant. The pub, Vår Krog & Bar, is locate ...
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List of grenade attacks in Sweden
This crime's category is very new in Sweden and was not even logged prior to 2017. Bombings increased significantly in 2015, with Swedish police investigating around 100–150 explosions. There were over 30 explosions reported in the Swedish ci ...
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