Bomb Maker Sentenced to Four
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Bomb Maker Sentenced to Four Years for Explosive Crimes in Sweden

A man in his 30s has been sentenced in Växjö district court to four years in prison for crimes against the law on flammable and explosive goods, reports local media. The man is said to have manufactured so-called thermos bombs which, among other things, were used in a blasting of a residential building in Falkenberg last year.

In the judgment, Växjö district court writes that the man "has handled at least two explosive goods without permission in the form of two so-called thermos bombs by manufacturing them, storing them and then handing them over to other people", writes SVT News Småland.

The man was arrested at an address in Alvesta municipality earlier this year, in connection with the arrest, the police found large quantities of dynamite. The convicted man has been detained since the arrest.

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