Large vapenfynd be linked to left-wing extremism

the Police was alerted in June last year by the two people who discovered weapons and parts for weapons when they broke into a container on an industrial estate in Taberg outside of Jönköping.

During the investigation arrested a man in his mid-30s, which are now being prosecuted, suspected of a particularly rough vapenbrott. The man has according to the prosecutor's links to the far – the so-called autonomous environments.

"I mean that the investigation shows that he has links to the autonomous environment and that the crime is ideologically motivated," says kammaråklagaren Petra Schöniger to the TT.

" It's one of the reasons why I believe that the offence shall be assessed as particularly serious. But in general I do not want to go into more detail on it in anticipation of the trial.

the calls to the police led to a comprehensive vapenfynd.

in Addition to the rifle, a semi-automatic weapon of the type AR-15, found the police, including the magazine and cartridges. In the container and at another location in Taberg found in addition, the gun parts to the same gevärstyp and weapons parts to a semi-automatic rifle of larger caliber.

the Findings are linked also together with a bag of gun parts and cartridges that some orienteers found on Bondberget between Jönköping and Huskvarna, sweden in October last year.

According to the Petra Schöniger, it is about weapons of ”a particularly dangerous nature”.

– Both the number and type of weapons also helps that I believe that it should be considered a particularly serious crime, " she says.

has admitted that he hired the container, but denies the crime. What the weapons were meant to be used for is unclear, according to the prosecutor.

" the Investigation has not provided any detailed response on what weapons would be used for. However, the who said a strong support that he has links to the autonomous environment and that the crime is ideologically motivated, " says Petra Schöniger.