Ildar Galiyev, who goes by the nickname "Scar", is considered a high-ranking member of the Dalen criminal network.
"According to the police, he was initially a torpedo who was out and about committing acts of violence on behalf of the network. He then rose in the hierarchy and ended up abroad, ordering various acts of violence," says Mats Ihlbom, one of the prosecutors in the major case against Galiyev.
The crimes in the indictment are mainly linked to the gang's conflict with the Foxtrot network, which led to a long series of serious violent crimes, especially in 2023 and 2024.
The crimes for which Ildar Galiyev has been held in custody include four murders, six attempted murders and five counts of aggravated public destruction or attempted aggravated public destruction. He is now being charged with a long list of crimes.
Woman died
According to Mats Ihlbom, the preliminary investigation is "at least 30,000 pages long".
"I've never had a case like this. There are many, many charges against the same individual," he says.
Investigators believe Ildar Galiyev went into hiding abroad in the spring of 2023. However, until his arrest in Greece in the summer of 2024, he is believed to have continued to orchestrate various acts of violence in the gang conflict.
He is now charged with, among other things, two murders and instigating two others.
This includes the instigation of the high-profile bombing in Fullerö, outside Uppsala, in September 2023, when a 24-year-old woman was killed by an explosive device detonated between two townhouses.
The target was likely a relative of Foxtrot leader Rawa Majid, but the woman who died lived in the house next door.
Bomb in Hässelby
Galiyev is also suspected of a murder at a sports field in southern Stockholm just a few hours before the Fullerö bombing, a murder on Södermalm in Stockholm in May 2024, and instigating a shooting in Råcksta, Vällingby, in September 2023.
"We were very good at catching those who did everything, that is, the boys who blew things up and shot people. But he is one of the first people we started investigating as an instigator of this wave of violence," says Mats Ihlbom.
Other notable incidents included among the charges are a bombing in a row of townhouses in Hässelby in March 2023 and a large explosion at an apartment building in Linköping in September of the same year.
Several other people are also being charged with various roles in some of the crimes. The trial is scheduled to begin on November 3 and last until March next year.
Ildar Galiyev was arrested in Greece in the summer of 2024, after Swedish prosecutors issued a European arrest warrant.
In connection with this, he was charged with crimes in Greece and later sentenced to prison before being extradited to Sweden in early 2026. Södertörn District Court remanded him in custody in February, suspected of more than 20 crimes.
Ildar Galiyev was born in Kazakhstan and has dual citizenship, but grew up with his family in Enskededalen in southern Stockholm. He has previously been convicted of several drug offenses and attempted extortion. He denies the charges.
Wednesday's indictment against him includes:
Attempted murder on March 16, 2023, in Hässelby.
Instigating murder on September 16, 2023, in Råcksta.
Instigating attempted murder on September 25, 2023, in Hässelby.
Instigating attempted murder on September 26, 2023, in Linköping.
Murder on September 27, 2023, at Mälarhöjdens IP in Fruängen.
Instigating murder on September 28, 2023, in Uppsala.
Instigating attempted murder on December 4, 2023, in Hägersten.
Murder on May 6, 2024, on Södermalm in Stockholm.
What do you think?