An Arab gang has been sentenced to prison after a series of humiliating robberies against Swedish boys in Lund during the autumn of 2025. The perpetrators subjected them to violence and death threats, including by pointing a gun-like object at their heads and mouths. They also used handcuffs to force victims to hand over their mobile phones, bank cards, and personal codes. Despite the nature of the crimes, the district court—where two of the lay judges represent the Sweden Democrats—did not classify the acts as aggravated robbery. Thus, the perpetrators avoided the harsher classification and were instead convicted of robbery of normal degree.

Over several nights in September last year, Swedes traveling alone in Lund were robbed. A 16-year-old boy, on his way home from Lund Central Station, was surrounded and forced to his knees before being threatened with a gun-like object and robbed of his clothes, bank card, and mobile phone.

But the gang didn’t stop there. According to the investigation, they also wanted access to the boy’s bank accounts and forced him to give up his personal codes.

– They pulled me down to my knees and put the gun to my head. Then one pulls my hair while the other holds it against my head and the third empties my pockets, asks me to open iCloud, the 16-year-old told police, and continues:

– I was scared, shocked, same as when he put the gun to my head, I feared for my life. I told them I would do anything to get home.

The teenager further states in the police interrogation that he believed he was going to die.

– I felt unsafe, threatened, and that death was approaching, very vulnerable.

Same Methods – Always Against Swedes

The gang, consisting of Arabs, exclusively targeted Swedes in the city. These humiliating robberies were filmed by the gang, who forced the Swedes to their knees, pointed guns at their heads, and even handcuffed some of their victims.

During another robbery one night at the end of September last year, masked Arabs attacked another Swede in central Lund—a 26-year-old on his way home from a night out.

– When I got close to them, I heard them say something. I told them I didn’t want anything, I said nothing. I managed to pass them and then realized one of them grabbed my right sleeve, which I instinctively brushed off, he told the police, and continues:

– Then one of them jumped on my back. After that, the entire gang came and tackled me to the ground. They said they wanted my mobile phone, but I resisted. Then I felt something hard pressed up against the side of my head and saw it was some kind of firearm. They said something like, if I didn’t give them the phone, they would kill me.

The 26-year-old also reported that the gang demanded his mobile phone and codes to access his accounts. He became afraid and surrendered.

– They surrounded me, stood in a circle around me.

– I was scared. Didn’t have time to think much. Just gave up. Didn’t know what they would do.

“A Shot in the Head – Fuck if He Moves”

The police have secured video material that the gang filmed themselves during the robberies and circulated. In these clips it is clear the gang issued death threats to their victims while pressing a gun-like object to the victims’ heads and mouths.

– A shot in the head, I swear on my mother. Fitta man. Fuck if he moves man, says one of the Arabs in broken Swedish.

The videos show the Arabs holding their victim around the neck and pulling his hair while he types on his mobile phone, kneeling on the ground.

– Hurry up yalla, fitta man, one of the Arabs says during the robbery.

Felt Something Cold at His Mouth

Another robbed Swede, a 20-year-old man, stated in his police interrogation that he felt the muzzle of a gun-like object at the back of his head while he was ordered to be quiet—or be killed. According to his statement, the perpetrators also threatened to track him down and kill him if he contacted the police after the robbery.

– I thought I was going to die, panicked. Tried to stay calm. Adrenaline and max pulse. Extremely stressful for the senses, the victim told the police.

But he was not allowed to look. The gang ordered him not to, and then he felt the weapon at his mouth.

– They pressed it to my mouth. It touched my lips. It was something cold.

When that terrifying experience became reality, they demanded the codes to his accounts.

– It was when they had the gun to my mouth that they asked for the codes.

– I had severe anxiety, lots of adrenaline. I was in a panic.

Quickly Apprehended

The police’s work quickly led to a breakthrough in the investigation. Four of the suspects were arrested that very evening in Lund, while the fifth man was later detained and apprehended.

A significant part of the evidence consisted of digital traces. Through analysis of mobile phones, prosecutors were able to link the suspects to the crime scenes at the times in question.

The investigation also showed that the men communicated in a shared chat where pictures of cash, handcuffs, and weapon-like objects were shared. There was also material that could be linked to previous crimes, according to the investigation.

During police interrogations, the Arabs denied suspicion of crimes. Several of them stated they had been at a party where they might have obtained the victims’ valuables. Besides these explanations, their responses were often brief, and many times they declined to comment further on the suspicions.

The Sentences

On June 3rd, Lund District Court delivered its verdict against the six Arabs. An additional teenage girl with an immigrant background was convicted of theft in the same case but was not linked to the humiliating robberies themselves.

The majority of the Arab gang are Swedish citizens and thus cannot be deported. However, one of the convicted men will be deported to Syria after serving his sentence.

Mohammad Al-Sheinh, 21 years old and a Syrian citizen, was convicted of two counts of robbery and one minor drug offense to three years and six months in prison. Furthermore, Al-Sheinh will be deported to Syria.

Ismail Isa Allu, 22 years old and a Swedish citizen, was convicted of two counts of robbery to three years in prison.

Emad Chebli, 20 years old and a Swedish citizen, was convicted of three counts of robbery and minor drug offenses to four years in prison.

Omar Chebli, 22 years old and a Swedish citizen, was convicted of three counts of robbery, two counts of theft, minor assault, and minor drug offenses to four years in prison.

Abdullah Issa, 22 years old and a Swedish citizen, was convicted of three counts of robbery and one minor drug offense to four years in prison.

Osman Osman, 22 years old and a Swedish citizen, was convicted of two counts of robbery to one year in prison.

SD: Not Aggravated Robbery Despite Gun Threats and Handcuffing

What stands out in the verdict, however, is that the court did not follow the prosecutor’s line that it was aggravated robbery, despite the fact that the perpetrators outnumbered, death-threatened their victims, pressed gun-like objects against their heads and mouths, and used handcuffs.

“The crime should be considered aggravated because the perpetrators were numerically superior and pressed a weapon or weapon-like object to the plaintiff’s head and mouth,” according to the prosecutor’s indictment.

According to the court, some restraint should be exercised when classifying a robbery as aggravated in cases where the weapon used was not loaded or real.

The court also notes that the victims must have found the situation extremely frightening when forced to their knees by a masked Arab gang, subjected to violence, had weapon-like objects pointed at their heads and mouths, and were handcuffed.

Despite this, the court considers the circumstances do not reach the level required for aggravated robbery. In its reasoning, the court writes:

“Such an assessment still leads to the circumstances in both robberies not being such that the act should be classified as aggravated robbery. They should instead be classified as robbery.”

The court documents show that the Sweden Democrats had two lay judges participating in the ruling, and both are also active politicians for the party.

The lay judges in question are Andreas Jelenko, who holds positions of trust in Lund municipality, and he shares the assessment with Judge Susanna Pålsson Helander and the Left Party’s lay judge Azeb Witsel that the robberies should not be classified as aggravated, but as robbery of normal degree.

The same assessment is shared by Andreas Jelenko’s party colleague and SD top Rolf Streijffert. He is the party’s leading representative in Höör, sits on the municipal board, and is the second deputy chairman of the municipal council. As a long-time SD veteran, Streijffert has also held several other political positions of trust over the years.

Samnytt is seeking prosecutor Sara Salomonsson to hear her view on the court’s decision stating she was wrong in arguing for aggravated robbery when the gang conducted humiliating robberies against individuals under threatening circumstances.

We are also seeking the two Sweden Democrat politicians to clarify what additional circumstances they believe would have been required for the act to be classified as aggravated robbery.

Furthermore, we want to know how the SD politicians believe their voters view the party’s own elected representatives helping to reject the aggravated robbery classification, despite the fact that, according to the court’s decision, an immigrant gang systematically robbed lone Swedes under death threats and used gun-like objects and handcuffs.

The issue is particularly relevant as the Sweden Democrats have long profiled themselves by demanding tougher penalties and a much stricter stance on humiliating robberies.

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