60-year-old shot after hanging out at Dumpen

The 50-year-old man had been thinking for ten years about doing something to the 60-year-old.

When he saw that the man had been posted on the Dumpen website, he decided to act and shot at the 60-year-old’s home.

– The Dumpen posting was the last thing that was needed, he says in court.

The 50-year-old man is charged with attempted murder after shooting at two addresses in Iggesund – a 60-year-old man and his parents. This is reported by Hudiksvalls tidning.

He reportedly thought for a long time about doing something about the man. He knew that the 60-year-old had been convicted of raping a child – a child to whom the 50-year-old himself is closely related.

But it was only when the website Dumpen exposed the 60-year-old as a pedophile that he went from thought to action.

– The Dumpen hanging was the last thing that was needed. Then I realized that he was still doing it, just like before, the suspect says in court, according to Hudiksvalls tidning.

Shot at parents’ house

The crime took place on April 1. Before that, the man allegedly stole a gun and ammunition. He went to the man in Iggesund, under the influence of alcohol and pills.

The purpose, according to him, was to scare and get attention from the media.

– I wanted the public to know who he is. And that he should stop what he is doing, he says in court, according to Hudiksvalls tidning.

Mom: “Hard to sleep” 

On April 4, he shot at the address again and also at the house where the 60-year-old’s parents, both in their 90s, live. A car was also hit.

The 60-year-old was then registered at his parents’ address and stated in court that the idea was that he would move there.

The plaintiff’s counsel says that the incident has caused great anxiety and mental stress for the family and is requesting compensation for mental suffering.

During the trial, the mother says that she has difficulty sleeping and does not feel safe in the house.

– I can’t do anything, I just think and think about the incident, the mother says in court, according to Hudiksvall’s newspaper.

Suspect: The goal was to die

The defendant says during the trial that he thought the house was empty when he shot. He also states that the goal was to be shot by police and that he had decided to die.

During the trial, the prosecutor has shown chat messages in which the 50-year-old writes to acquaintances about his plans to shoot the 60-year-old, something he himself describes as a cry for help.

Criticism of the Dump

Dumpen is a site that sets traps for adults who want to have sexual contact with children. People get in touch with the people by pretending to be children. They arrange a meeting, after which the people are confronted and information about them is published on the Dumppen site.

The business is led by Sara Nilsson and Patrik Sjöberg.

The dump has been criticized for its method, among other things because a number of the people who were hanged have committed suicide and because the stigmatization risks affecting their relatives.