[10] Far-right political activists spreading anti-immigrant sentiments have attributed the rise in grenade attacks and crime with the migrant crisis, a claim that has been disputed.
[19] According to a December 2018 Swedish Television interview with researcher Amir Rostami, Sweden has a high number of hand grenade attacks compared to neighbouring countries Denmark, Norway, and Germany.
According to the Swedish police the reason may be the light sentence for possession compared to a firearm and that the evidence destroys itself when used.
[21] While Swedish media sometimes are accused of not covering the topic enough, a 2019 study by polling company Kantar Sifo found that law and order was the most covered news topic on Swedish TV and radio and on social media.
[97] Police began work the same summer of attempting to thwart "mass hysteria" among terrified Malmö residents.