Two grenades were thrown against the block in Kroksbäck in Malmö but neither device exploded.
Residents of the block were evacuated to a nearby school, police cordoned off a large area of the neighbourhood and a police bomb squad was sent to deal with the grenades.
A police spokesman told Swedish newspaper Aftonbladet: “It is an extremely serious incident. Residents are understandably very anxious.”
Earlier this month, a convenience store in the multicultural neighbourhood was the target of an explosive device and in 2010 at least three people, one a 16-year-old boy, were shot in apparently random incidents in the area.
The police have so far been unable to speculate as to the motive for Saturday's grenade attacks.
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