Swedish Court Sentences 18-Year-Old to 13 Years for School Bomb Plot
An 18-year-old received a 13-year prison term from the Svea Court of Appeal for an attempted murder involving a homemade bomb placed at a high-school parking area.
The Svea Court of Appeal upheld a lower-court verdict, sentencing an 18-year-old to 13 years in prison for a plot to murder a school employee using a homemade bomb. The device, wrapped in red paper and labeled as a gift, was left on a vehicle in the school’s parking lot in January before the suspect fled and later concealed it beneath a timber shed. Authorities determined it was a victim-activated explosive capable of projecting metal fragments up to more than 300 metres.
A raid on his school locker revealed two 3D-printed firearms—a pistol and an automatic rifle—and video evidence of him testing the weapons. Computer files contained manifestos from known mass killers Elliot Rodgers and Brenton Tarrant, which he admitted studying. The court found him guilty of attempted murder, attempted severe public endangerment, serious violations of explosive material laws, and aggravated weapons offenses.
Why it matters
The case highlights the threat of online-inspired radicalization and the ease of creating lethal weapons at home.
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