The hand grenade that detonated in the family's bedroom last April caused a massive fire. The mother of the family and one of her children were seriously injured, the mother so badly injured that both her legs had to be amputated.
The attack, which is believed to be linked to a drug deal, mistakenly targeted the family, which has no criminal connections.
Five are convicted
A total of five people have now been convicted by Södertörn District Court for their involvement in the bombing. One person has been acquitted.
A man in his 30s, identified by the district court as the mastermind, has been sentenced to life in prison. The man, who is believed to belong to the Foxtrot network, has also been convicted of instigating a bombing in Skärholmen a couple of weeks earlier.
The person who threw the hand grenade into the bedroom has been sentenced to 13 years and ten months in prison.
The person who recruited the perpetrator, and who was responsible for communication with the instigator, has been sentenced to eleven years and ten months in prison.
The person who handed over the hand grenade to the perpetrator has previously been convicted of a serious weapons offense and is serving a prison sentence for it. He has now been sentenced to an additional year and four months in prison.
A 16-year-old who showed the perpetrator how the hand grenade works has been sentenced to four months in a closed juvenile facility. He is currently serving time in a closed juvenile facility for another explosion.
"The bombing in Tumba has had extremely tragic consequences for the innocent family that was affected. The act of instigating it, in particular, has been deemed to be very harmful to society and has been committed in a gang-related context," says councilor Golshanak Fatahian in a press release.
“High crime rate”
For the attack in Skärholmen, a man has previously been sentenced to seven years in prison for serious public destruction and serious unlawful threats. No one was physically injured in that explosion.
"The instigator's overall criminality is also so high that a fixed-term prison sentence is not a sufficient punishment," says Fatahian.
