The police's actions in the case have been criticized for several shortcomings.
It was clear from the National Police Commissioner that a routine is lacking for when the police initiate reports, says Ulrika Westerlund (Green party) to TT.
Mohamed from Nässjö lived in a HVB home and escaped together with his friend Layth two years ago. Mohamed was still alive when his mother alerted the police and pleaded for help to find her missing son.
His phone could be tracked to Gubbängen in Stockholm where he was held captive and is believed to have been assaulted for several hours, but the police did not try to track him. No search was made and the police joked in internal conversations about calling Mohamed's mother and speaking their "best Somali" instead of interrogating her with the help of an interpreter, which P4 Jönköping revealed.
The two 14-year-olds were found murdered, severely assaulted, at two different locations outside Stockholm in the summer of 2023. Several men in the criminal network Foxtrot are charged with the murders.
According to Westerlund, National Police Commissioner Petra Lundh described to the committee that the police's behavior in the case is not a general problem.
It is risky to assume that the problem is not general, especially when you do not have routines for examination, says Westerlund.
