Seven individuals have been charged with a clan-related attack against Swedish authorities, in which a large number of officials and politicians were assaulted and threatened. This is revealed in court documents. The background to the attack is dissatisfaction over the authorities’ removal of three children.
– The criminality is of a system-threatening nature and very serious, says senior prosecutor Sara Norling.

Five of the accused are men, while two are women. In addition, there are several other suspects, including a 58-year-old man identified as the ‘ringleader’ who is hiding abroad.

Four of the accused were born in Iraq, one in Turkey, one in Mongolia, while the country of origin of the seventh accused is unknown. The seventh person is said to speak ‘Persian with a Kurdish accent,’ while the other defendants speak Arabic, Sorani, Turkish, and Mongolian.

The case includes eight charges concerning aggravated child abduction, serious intimidation of witnesses, aggravated criminal damage, aggravated threats against an official, and aggravated arson.

Kidnapping and Arson

At the center of the case is a family from Turkey. Three of the family’s children under the age of 15 were taken into care by the social authorities at the beginning of 2025 and were placed in foster care.

However, the family managed to track down the foster home, mobilized relatives, and even called in extended family from abroad. In March of last year, they traveled to the foster home, assaulted and threatened the family there with death, kidnapped the children, and took them out of the country.

But the clan’s violent spree did not stop there. During May and June 2025, several individuals involved in the case traveled around the Stockholm area setting fire to cars and other vehicles belonging to politicians and persons connected to the social services as revenge.

The clan’s many systematic attacks resulted in damages amounting to millions of kronor.

40 Complainants

The investigation against the seven accused individuals is very extensive.

– The crimes have mainly been directed against employees within social services and elected municipal politicians with the aim of influencing their decision-making. The criminality is of a system-threatening nature and very serious, says senior prosecutor Sara Norling in a press release.

Johan Allard, the police case manager, adds:

– This case has been challenging in several aspects. There are 40 complainants who have been subjected to crimes that pose a threat to democracy. The investigation has clearly shown that the intention of the perpetrators has been to influence the fundamental values of our society.

Four of the seven accused came to Sweden between 2005 and 2015 and are now Swedish citizens. These four therefore cannot be deported, according to current legislation.

Three of the accused are not Swedish citizens, and one of them even lacks a residence permit.