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As far as I understand it’s the relic from Yugoslav wars/Kosovo war. A lot of the weapons after wars came with Serbs. And combined that with prior migrant worker migration there a sizable population of Serbs in Sweden. Grenades seems to be their weapon of choice.

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jimmy90@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
interesting i was under the impression that it was other immigrants involved. genuinely the first time i heard this had something to do with ex-yugoslavia. that was an issue in netherlands too 15 years ago, not sure now. albanian gangsters seem to be the new big bad in other parts of europe as well

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mumblerfish@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
I also think a part of it was that grenades were not classified as the same thing as a firearm. So there were circumstanses where it was forbidden to have a gun, but a grenade was fine. That kept them in circulation.

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- Droechai@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
  Any weapon not classified in a specific category goes under Knivlagen (Knifelaw). This also includes home made alchemical spray weapons and such.
  
  Wouldn’t that plug any loophole for grenades?
  
  References:
  
  Knivlagen riksdagen.se/…/lag-1988254-om-forbud-betraffande-…
  
  See ""andra föremål som är ägnade att användas som vapen vid brott mot liv och hälsa "
  
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