Arrests, charges and warnings

Here are local news from Stockholms län on 28 October 2026. Two men were arrested after violence in Högdalen, and a 36-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of murder in Bagarmossen. A man is charged with fraud worth over SEK 68 million, and the police are warning about several fraud cases targeting older people.

Two men arrested after violence in a stairwell in Högdalen

An alarm was raised about noise and a commotion in a stairwell in Högdalen on Wednesday evening. Police found an injured, bloodied man aged about 35, who was taken away by ambulance staff. Two other men, both in their 30s, were arrested and are now suspected of attempted murder. Police initially classified the case as attempted murder, and it is unclear whether the suspects and the victim knew each other from before. SVT Nyheter Stockholm

36-year-old man arrested for murder in Bagarmossen

A man in his 20s was shot dead on Friday near a car in a residential area in Bagarmossen in southern Stockholm. A 36-year-old man has been arrested. He had been detained in absentia the previous day on probable grounds of suspicion of murder. The motive is unclear, and police are investigating whether the shooting may have been misdirected. SVT Nyheter Stockholm

Fewer fatal shootings in the county this year

Despite 2 people being shot dead in October, fatal shootings in Stockholm city, Stockholms län and the country as a whole appear to be heading for a lower level than the previous 3 years. According to SVT's ongoing survey, there have been 3 fatal shootings so far this year in Stockholm city, 7 in Stockholms län as a whole and 14 in the country. In both 2025 and 2024, 44 people were shot dead nationwide, while the figure for 2023 was 53. A senior lecturer in criminology who works with the police mapping gun violence says one of the absolutely biggest reasons is that police have seized considerably more illegal weapons. SVT Nyheter Stockholm

Charged with fraud worth over SEK 68 million

A man in his 30s from the Stockholm area has been charged with 24 counts of aggravated fraud and 2 counts of attempted aggravated fraud. According to the investigation, the gang contacted victims by phone and SMS, pretended to be calling from the bank and tricked them into downloading a new Bank-id to access large sums of money. The crime victims are said to have been tricked out of a total of over SEK 68 million, and the crimes were committed between 2021 and 2023. Many of the victims are from Region Väst. SVT Nyheter Stockholm

Fatal crash on Östermalm – man may be mentally ill

A man in his 20s from Södertälje is being held in custody on suspicion of the fatal crash on Östermalm earlier this autumn. An investigation now shows that he may suffer from a serious mental disorder, according to reports from Expressen. He was not under the influence of alcohol or narcotics when he is alleged to have hit a woman on Östermalm, who died. He is suspected of causing another person's death, gross negligence in traffic, causing serious bodily harm and fleeing the scene of a traffic accident. According to Expressen, he is said to have been driving at up to 200 kilometres per hour and to have caused the crash. The prosecutor has brought in Säpo to investigate whether there may have been a motive. SVT Nyheter Stockholm

New criminal suspicions against detained pupil at Sigtunaskolan

One of the teenagers who has been in custody since earlier on suspicion of assault and unlawful restraint at Sigtunaskolan is now suspected of new crimes. The new suspicions concern another assault and aggravated home invasion, according to Aftonbladet. On Tuesday morning, he was requested to be held in custody for an assault allegedly committed in June, and the aggravated home invasion is alleged to have taken place at the school in September. He was also held in custody for the new suspicions on Tuesday afternoon. A total of 3 pupils are in custody for crimes including aggravated sexual harassment, gross assault and unlawful restraint, while another 2 pupils are suspected of crimes including assault but are not in custody. The number of suspected crime victims amounts to 8 people. SVT Nyheter Stockholm

In brief

• Police reported 7 cases of suspected fraud and attempted fraud against older people in and around Stockholm on Tuesday, including in Vallentuna, Solna and Haninge, with the victims in their 80s and 90s; the police urge the public never to call phone numbers listed in unexpected SMS messages. SVT Nyheter Stockholm
• A man was rescued via a balcony from a fully developed fire in an apartment in Gustavsberg in Värmdö municipality on Tuesday evening and was then arrested on suspicion of arson. SVT Nyheter Stockholm
• Since 1 July 2026, mentally motivated violence is punishable and can carry a sentence of between 1 month and 4 years in prison; more than 500 police reports have been filed, but only 2 people have been convicted, both in the Stockholm area, and a father was sentenced to 1 year and 4 months in prison. SVT Nyheter Stockholm
• A woman was forced to move out of her apartment in Vårberg after a water leak, and construction is at a standstill; the landlord Liljebo has no established timetable, and contractor Pararet Entreprenad went bankrupt 2 weeks ago. SVT Nyheter Stockholm
• There is still no direct bus service between Enhörna, Nykvarn and Järna; a car journey between Sundsvik in Nykvarn and Lillahl in Enhörna takes about 5 minutes, while the bus journey takes at least 1.5 hours. SVT Nyheter Södertälje
• The Läsfrämjarinstitutet in Södertälje is arranging a new festival during the autumn break to reverse historically low reading comprehension; according to PISA, 31 percent of Swedish 15-year-olds have insufficient reading skills. SVT Nyheter Södertälje