Mohammed charged with the murder of Mikael Janicki in Skärholmen

Charges are brought today against 18-year-old Mohammed Mohammed for the high-profile murder of father Mikael Janicki in Skärholmen in April this year.

It was on the evening of April 10 this year that Mikael Janicki was shot to death in Skärholmen with two shots; one in the abdomen and one in the chest.

The 39-year-old father confronts a gang selling drugs when he is killed. Mikael’s 12-year-old son witnesses the murder, a circumstance that attracts significant media attention.

Charged with murder

In the following days and weeks, the police arrest several individuals suspected of being involved in the murder of the father.

However, it is not until May 21 that the person who wielded the murder weapon is arrested and detained; 18-year-old Mohammed Mohammed, who was 17 at the time of the murder. He is remanded the day after the detention.

Mohammed Mohammed has previously been convicted of crimes. He is an Iraqi teenager who came to Sweden as a child, is now a Swedish citizen, and has been known to the police since before reaching the age of criminal responsibility.

Now Mohammed is charged with the murder of Mikael Janicki. Deputy Chief Prosecutor Ove Jäverfelt submitted his indictment to the district court this morning.

Several co-defendants

In addition to the Iraqi murderer, four other young men are charged with aggravated harboring of a criminal in three cases and complicity in aggravated harboring of a criminal in one case.

The co-defendants are 17 and 18 years old and also have foreign backgrounds. Three of them were born in Sweden to immigrants from Iraq, Afghanistan, and North Africa. One of them has protected personal information.

In the indictment at Södertörn District Court, the prosecutor cites extensive technical evidence. This includes DNA traces from Mohammed Mohammed on the murder weapon and a phone analysis showing that his mobile phone was in the vicinity of the crime scene at the time of the crime.