Women Traveled Across Sweden Committing Violent Acts – Sentenced to 44 Years in Prison

Three women, Yasmin Lejmi, Magdaline Jomaa, and a 17-year-old girl, traveled across Sweden committing serious violent acts for financial gain. They have now been sentenced to a total of 44 years in prison.

In a townhouse in Angered, children were asleep while the rest of the family was about to go to bed when shots were fired through the kitchen window in October last year. Several bullets hit the kitchen walls, and one went through an inner wall into the living room.

"After a few minutes, when I realized what had happened, I started shaking," said a woman living in the house during an interrogation.

Outside stood a 17-year-old girl and Yasmin Lejmi, 34, who had come from Falkenberg to carry out the shooting.

They denied intending to kill but admitted they were there to threaten a person. According to the investigation, it was about a man who was previously registered at the address.

According to the district court, it was the then 17-year-old – now 18-year-old – woman who fired the shots. Both women are now convicted of attempted murder and serious weapons offenses. Yasmin Lejmi is also convicted of involving the 18-year-old in criminal activity.

"Yasmin Lejmi, through her participation on site, controlled what happened and was the one who had the instructions on what was to happen. She is the one who persuaded the 18-year-old to commit the act," the verdict states.

Several Women from Falkenberg Convicted

The case is part of a network involving several threats and shootings at homes in various places in Sweden. A total of four women residing in Falkenberg have been sentenced to between four and 18 years in prison, announced the Gothenburg District Court recently.

In November last year, the 18-year-old and Yasmin Lejmi, along with 31-year-old Magdaline Jomaa, traveled to Norsborg south of Stockholm to carry out another shooting at a residence.

In the apartment were two women and a baby when the shots hit the house.

"It is only by chance that no one was injured or killed by the shots that hit the house facade," the verdict states.

Magdaline Jomaa claimed in chats after the act that she was the shooter, and the district court confirms that the three took on the assignment together. All three are convicted of attempted murder and serious weapons offenses. Magdaline Jomaa is also convicted of minor drug offenses and receives 12 years in prison.

The now 18-year-old woman is also convicted of shooting at a villa in Halmstad with the same weapon used in Norsborg less than a day later. A close relative of the young woman was also charged with serious unlawful threats and serious weapons offenses for driving the 18-year-old to the location. However, she is acquitted as it cannot be proven that she knew what was going to happen.

"Cried When I Did It"

The 18-year-old says in interrogation that she was pressured into carrying out the acts and felt intense fear.

"I cried when I did it. I cried before I did it. After I did it. I didn't want to do it. But I was scared," she says.

Messages in the encrypted app Signal show that the women took on violent assignments from unidentified individuals for money.

A particular alias appears in several other criminal investigations as a driving force in planning and arranging perpetrators for violent acts, according to the preliminary investigation.

A 19-year-old woman is also convicted in the case. She receives four years in prison for serious offenses against the law on flammable and explosive goods.

Investigator: Never Experienced Before

The police investigator is surprised by the women's criminality.

"I have never experienced it before, it feels very unusual. It has been noted recently that women are more involved in this type of violent crime, in ways we have not seen before," says investigator Lars-Gunnar Perlinger to SVT Nyheter Halland.

Magdaline Jomaa's lawyer calls the verdict completely wrong.

"They have completely ignored addressing our objections, and of course, it will be appealed."

The 18-year-old's lawyer does not want to comment on the verdict.

Expressen is seeking Yasmin Lejmi's defense attorney.