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Boys, 11 and 12, tried to rob victims at knifepoint

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Boys, 11 and 12, tried to rob victims at knifepoint
File photo of a mobile phone. Photo: Erik Mårtensson/TT

Two 11-year-old boys and a 12-year-old were seized by police on suspicion of attempting to rob two teenage girls, aged around 14, by threatening them with a knife, reports broadcaster SVT.

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Police caught the boys in Eskilstuna in central Sweden on Monday night, shortly after being called out to an Ica supermarket near where the alleged robbery took place at 8pm.

“The boys threatened two girls at knifepoint and wanted their mobile phones,” police control room officer Urban Nordqvist told SVT's regional station in Södermanland.

The boys were not able to get hold of the phones and left the scene. They were shortly thereafter found by police, who handed them over to their parents and social services.

The incident took place in the Fröslunda area of Eskilstuna, an area with comparatively high rates of criminality and socio-economic issues. Police said there had been previous disturbances there this summer, involving for example youths throwing rocks at officers.

“In this particular area we have some problems and that they are getting recruited at this age is concerning,” said Nordqvist.

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