A gang revenge shooting at a Gothenburg pub killed an innocent bystander, highlighting escalating criminal gang violence in Sweden in 2015.
Key Facts
- Date of shooting
- 18 March 2015
- Location
- Vår Krog & Bar, Biskopsgården, Hisingen
- Number of shooters
- 2 unidentified gunmen
- Gang split that preceded event
- 2012, territorial gang split into two factions
- Biskopsgården gang violence rank
- Highest rate in Gothenburg in 2010
By the Numbers
Location
Cause → Event → Consequence
In 2012, a territorial criminal gang in Biskopsgården, one of Gothenburg's most gang-affected neighbourhoods, split into two rival factions. Ongoing conflict between these factions escalated over subsequent years, leading one side to plan a targeted revenge attack against the other.
On 18 March 2015, two gunmen entered Vår Krog & Bar in the Biskopsgården neighbourhood of Gothenburg and opened fire indiscriminately at patrons inside. The shooters were members of a gang from North Biskopsgården seeking to destroy a rival faction. The attack resulted in the death of an innocent bystander.
The shooting was widely reported as one of the most serious criminal acts of 2015 in Sweden, cited by media as part of a broader surge in high-profile gang violence across the country. It drew national attention to the problem of rival gang conflicts spilling over and claiming innocent lives in Swedish urban neighbourhoods.