Police were called out to a loud blast in the Bagarmossen suburb of southern Stockholm just before 9am, which damaged a window of an apartment block.
Shortly thereafter officers managed to arrest two people in the area, who were already wanted in connection with another cases.
“We suspect that these people are involved,” police press spokesperson Daniel Wikdahl told the TT newswire.
Another explosion took place in nearby suburb Kärrtorp last night, but Wikdahl declined to comment on whether or not the two blasts could be linked.
“It’s too early to say, we’re focusing on this right now,” he said.
The Bagarmossen explosion is the 30th explosion in Sweden since the turn of the year. The previous record for the most explosions in a single month was 22.
Several of the latest spate of incidents are believed to be linked to the blackmailing of business owners.
They follow what looked like a promising development in the Nordic country, which has struggled to crack down on gang crime in recent years.
The number of explosions decreased in 2024, according to police figures, as did the number of deadly shootings. There were 129 detonations last year, which is 20 fewer than in 2023, but still well above the figure for 2022, when just 90 detonations took place.
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