In the past year, several murders have attracted significant attention, including in Rönninge and Boden, where the perpetrator seemed to have had no connection to the victims.
Since 1990, approximately five acts of madness, that is, crimes of unprovoked, non-relational deadly or potentially deadly violence, have occurred each year. In several cases, it has subsequently emerged that there was information indicating that the perpetrator had a high risk of committing a violent act with a fatal outcome.
The police and the National Board of Health and Welfare will now strengthen their efforts to prevent this type of violence. Among other measures, information-sharing between the authorities will be reviewed to see whether it needs to be expanded and whether lessons can be learned from previous acts of madness.
