The security hall in Stockholm was fully seated when the trial of the murders of the 14-year-olds and murder plans against five other people began on Tuesday. A total of 18 people are charged, and three people under the age of 15 have been accused.
The ones who allegedly had the most central roles were placed in the front row, including a 33-year-old man who is suspected of instigating the murders.
We claim that NN (the 33-year-old) is the so-called main man in this. His role has involved acting remotely via chats since he was not in Sweden, says prosecutor Hanna Cardell in court.
In Dubai
The 33-year-old, dressed in a gray sweater and with his hair in a ponytail, was arrested in absentia before he voluntarily returned from Dubai to Sweden and was arrested at Arlanda in February last year.
The two 14-year-olds were found murdered in wooded areas in Nynäshamn and Upplands-Bro in July and August 2023.
The murders were preceded, according to the investigation, by murder plans against people in the Dalennetwork, which was in a bloody conflict with Foxtrot. A large number of people were involved in the murder plans, including the two 14-year-olds, according to the investigation.
Through chats from the encrypted app Signal, the police have been able to follow how the focus in the group shifted completely from the murder plans when two pistols disappeared in some way.
They decide that Mohamed is somehow responsible for this, or at least has information about where they went, says prosecutor Jenny Karlsson in court.
The 14-year-old who was already part of the network was later arrested and abused in an apartment. Later that evening, he was driven out to the woods where he was murdered with a large number of stab wounds, according to the investigation.
Urging to murder
Two days later, they also managed to get Layth to Stockholm, who was also taken into custody and "interrogated" about the pistols.
From the alias linked to the 33-year-old, previous calls had come via Signal to "kill him". Later that evening, on July 27, he was also driven out to a wooded area and murdered, likely by strangulation.
At the same time, gross death threats were sent from the same alias to the people who tried to help find the pistols. He wrote that he would kidnap them and subject them to the same things.
"Everyone will die. Blood will spill until our tabs (pistols) are back", the person wrote.
The 33-year-old denies the crimes. The trial is scheduled to last until the end of May.
18 people are charged in the case, which concerns the murders of the two 14-year-olds Mohamed and Layth, as well as murder plans against five people linked to the Dalennetwork.
The charges include, among other things, murder, instigation of murder, accessory to murder, kidnapping, gross disturbance of the peace, preparation for murder, involvement of minors in crime, and gross unlawful threats.
Five people are charged with involvement in Mohamed's murder and eight for involvement in Layth's murder.
13 people are also charged with involvement in the murder plans against the five people linked to the Dalennetwork.
In the case, charges have also been brought against three people who were not of legal age at the time of the crimes.
The evidence consists of many different parts, including a large amount of material from chats. There is also technical evidence in the form of DNA and fingerprints, as well as material from surveillance cameras.
The trial is scheduled to last for 37 trial days.
