Swedish mafias settle their scores with gunfire on the Costa del Sol

"The relaxed scene last Friday in the Nueva Andalucia area of Marbella (Malaga province, population 159,000) is identical to that of the previous week. Except, of course, for two people who were captured on a security camera. On one side, Hamza Karimi, a 23-year-old Swedish rapper, is talking on the phone. On the other, a compatriot who, as seen in the video, calmly approaches him and shoots him several times before fleeing."

"The victim was known to Swedish authorities because he was part of the Stockholm criminal gang ecosystem, according to police sources. The alleged hitman is from Gothenburg, although he had no criminal record or connection to drug trafficking clans. The motive for the assassination is currently unknown. After the attacker's arrest the weapon was found in his car he refused to testify before being placed in pre-trial detention."

"The fact that both are Swedish is no coincidence. And at this point, nothing surprises us, says Marbella's anti-drug prosecutor, Carlos Tejada Banales. His feeling is the same as that of the police fighting organized crime on the Malaga coast, who are now accustomed to encountering Nordic gang members. In recent years, they have been involved in a dozen incidents involving bombings, shootings, and at least three deaths, in addition to around 100 arrests."

Midday in Nueva Andalucia, Marbella, a 23-year-old Swedish rapper, Hamza Karimi, was shot several times on a terrace and later died in hospital. Security camera footage shows a compatriot calmly approaching and shooting him before fleeing; the assailant was arrested minutes later and the weapon was found in his car. The victim had links to the Stockholm criminal gang ecosystem; the alleged shooter from Gothenburg had no prior record. Authorities say both being Swedish is part of a pattern of Nordic gang involvement on the Malaga coast. In recent years these groups have caused bombings, shootings, at least three deaths, around 100 arrests, and increasingly brazen daytime killings related to drug trafficking.

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