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BBC News
6 days ago
- BBC News
Three jailed over murder of Swedish hip-hop star C Gambino
Three men in their 20s have been given long jail terms for their part in the fatal shooting of award-winning hip-hop artist C Gambino in Gothenburg last year.C Gambino, whose real name was Karar Ramadan, had been named hip-hop artist of 2023 in Sweden's Grammis music awards a month before he was murdered, in what prosecutors described as a ruthless and premeditated three men were convicted of aiding and abetting murder, and two of them were cleared of murder, as the Gothenburg court ruled it could not be established beyond reasonable doubt who had fired the fatal gun that killed C Gambino has never been found and a car used in the shooting was later found burned out. C Gambino's murder has been linked to a local gangland conflict, although the motive remains a mystery. Prosecutors said there was no evidence to suggest that he was part of any criminal several years Sweden's biggest cities have been beset by gang violence that have claimed dozens of lives, often involving children recruited to carry out violent rapper, who was 26, was shot at a multistorey car park in Gothenburg in June 2024 in what the court said was a carefully planned attack and had the character of a "pure execution".Investigators were unable to find DNA traces of the attackers but did map their movements from mobile phones around the time of the prosecutor also told Swedish public broadcaster SVT that police had been able to use hours of CCTV footage from the car park and showed the killers' vehicle entering the car park more than a week before the shooting, and then waiting for hours before the attack took place as C Gambino returned home from the gym late in the he was able to raise the alarm, emergency services who arrived at the scene were unable to use their communication system and had to shout to each other, SVT artist died in hospital about an hour its verdict, the court gave a 22-year-old man a life sentence in jail, while two others aged 21 and 20 were handed terms of 15 and a half years and 12 and a half years respectively,A fourth man, aged 19, was convicted of setting fire to their gang-related case concluded on Wednesday with a 14-year-old boy found guilty of shooting dead a man in his home on the order of one of Sweden's most notorious gangs, other boys were convicted: one for conspiracy and another for preparing the murder in Skurup in southern Sweden. None of the three will face punishment because they are below the age of criminal responsibility, which is 15 in victim of the Skurup murder was targeted because his son had refused to carry out an attack for the Foxtrot in Iraqi Kurdistan have meanwhile arrested a key figure in the Foxtrot gang, according to Swedish suspect is described as close to gang leader Rawa Majid and has been linked to a number of killings in Sweden, including the Skurup shooting.
Time of India
6 days ago
- Time of India
Sweden jails four men in killing of hip hop star
AI- Representative Image STOCKHOLM: A Swedish court on Wednesday sentenced four men ages 19 to 22 to prison terms for their roles in the killing of a rapper in last year. Masked 26-year-old rapper C Gambino -- whose real name was Karar Ramadan, and not to be confused with American rapper Childish Gambino -- was the victim of a shooting in a parking garage in the city of Gothenburg on June 4, 2024. A total of four men were charged over the killing, two of which had been charged with "murder or aiding and abetting murder" -- but the court could not definitely establish that the two had fired the killing shots. "The shooting was akin to an execution and caused the victim severe suffering," judge Anne Rapp said in a statement. "Furthermore, the crime had its origins in a conflict between criminal networks and was committed using firearms in a public place, which is a particularly aggravating factor," Rapp added. The investigation had not shown that the rapper himself was active in a criminal network, but people in his entourage were reportedly linked to these networks, said the court. One of the four men, aged 22, was sentenced to life imprisonment for aiding and abetting murder because he had participated in the planning and preparation of the murder, notably by providing the car used by the perpetrators. The car was later burned and completely destroyed. by Taboola by Taboola Sponsored Links Sponsored Links Promoted Links Promoted Links You May Like Giá vàng đang tăng mạnh trong năm 2025 — Các nhà giao dịch thông minh đã tham gia IC Markets Tìm hiểu thêm Undo A 20-year-old man was found guilty of both aiding and abetting murder and aggravated harbouring of a criminal was sentenced to 15 years and six months in prison. A third man, aged 21, was sentenced for aiding and abetting murder to 12 years and six months in prison. A fourth man, aged 19, was handed a much lesser 10-month prison term for protecting a criminal and vandalism. C Gambino was named hip hop artist of the year at the 2024 Swedish recording industry's Grammis Awards the month before his murder. Another award-winning Swedish rapper, Einar, was shot and killed in Stockholm in a gang conflict in October 2021. The Scandinavian country has struggled to contain surging gang violence in recent years, with shootings and bombings now weekly occurrences.
