“Don’t take out any mothers (…). Just take the men. The fathers, the brothers and him. Take as many as you can.” According to an investigative report seen by Le Monde, this message was sent to Samir (names have been changed) late in the evening on August 10, 2024. He was on his way to Skurup, a residential town in southern Sweden, where he is suspected of having shot and killed Gustav Malmquist, a 55-year-old financial adviser, in his living room. The victim’s three sons survived. The two youngest, aged 16 and 19, had just left their father’s home to go to their mother’s. The oldest, 21, whose head had been put out for a contract by the Foxtrot gang – one of Sweden’s most violent – was in preventive detention.
Since April 30, four 15-year-olds have been on trial, behind closed doors, in a Malmö court for the murder of the father, as well as for the attempted murder of his sons. Despite overwhelming evidence, they have denied the charges. 14 years old at the time, they have since been placed in foster care. Before August 10, 2024, none had ever met the victim or his sons and of the four perpetrators, only one was known to police.
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