“Police warns of rigged fights – children forced to fight”
“Called ”manna””
“A new våldsutmaning called ”manna” is spread among the teenagers in the Stockholm area.”
“the Phenomenon is that two persons by means of threats, forced to fight against each other – until one of them is on the ground.”
“Now the police are out and warn of the illegal challenge.”
“– It is aggravated assault, there are kicks to the head and even kind, ” says Elise Berlin, kommunpolis in Ekerö.”
“It was at the end of last year that the police first became aware of the new tvångsslagsmålen. Then it was among high school students in Stockholm in which the fracas took place.”
“Recently known to the police on a new case where the boys in grade seven, with a link to Bromma, have been involved – and it is believed that the challenge can be widespread in the county.”
“– We don’t know where this has happened, there is no information exactly about it. But because these data come from a school in Bromma is it correct to believe that it has happened there, ” says Matti Rönnqvist, kommunpolis in Bromma.”
“– But I think that it is not only present in Bromma, but in all of Stockholm.”
“It’s rough mistreatment””
“the Phenomenon that is spreading among teenagers has been given the name ”manna”. Våldsleken starts with two people are selected to fight each other.”
“– Sets the persons selected are not up to fighting there will be consequences for them. There are threats that exist in connection with the forced to fight, ” says Elise Berlin, kommunpolis in Warri as belonging to the same lokalpolisområde Bromma.”
“Fight, hejas on by a ring of spectators, is not over until one of the selected is on the ground.”
“– You fight until one person is lying down. And it is aggravated assault, there are kicks to the head and also kind. Then the people around and watching.”
“A part of the illegal våldsleken seems to be recording the process with his mobile and spread the film in social media.”
“– I myself have seen two movies when boys become vulnerable and you will become really offended by that. “
“the Police warn parents”
“In the Elise Berlin polisområde on the island of Ekerö, there are no known cases of ”manna,” but despite that, they chose to in the last week go out with a warning to parents and teachers. In order to prevent the phenomenon sent out a letter to the schools.”
“I wanted to tell you about this phenomenon so that you can be aware of it if it would be something,” says Elise Berlin,”
“– If someone comes home and you see that it has been in any form of fights, one should be careful with trying to find out what it is that really happened.”
“”Vulnerable, has been extremely bad”.”
“It is difficult to say how widespread the phenomenon is. The risk is great that the children did not dare to tell, partly because they may have been threatened, partly because they know they are guilty of crimes, ”
“– It’s a little svåranmält for the people involved. Probably occurs more than we think. There is an assumption of course, but I think that there are many unrecorded cases in this, ” says Matti Rönnqvist.”
“If you suspect that your child has been involved in ”manna” are encouraged to report the incident to the police.”
“– The boys who have been exposed to it here has been extremely bad.”
