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Swedish rap artist C Gambino shot dead in Gothenburg

A man in his mid-20s who was killed in Gothenburg last night was well-known rapper C Gambino, police have confirmed.

Published: 5 June 2024 08:09 CEST

Swedish rap artist C Gambino shot dead in Gothenburg

A man was shot dead in a multistorey car park in Gothenburg. Photo: Adam Ihse/TT

Police found a man with serious gunshot injuries after they were called out to the scene of a multistorey car park in the Hisingen area of Gothenburg at 10.30pm on Tuesday.

He later died in hospital.

The victim is award-winning rap artist C Gambino, who released his debut album in 2022 and has been high on the charts.

A car is said to have been seen leaving the building just after the shooting.

“We are of course investigating whether this car could be of interest in connection with this incident,” police spokesperson Annika Laag said.

The cordon around the building was lifted at around 7am on Wednesday.

There had been no arrests by the time of publication.

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Illegal Swedish strawberry sales raise billions of kronor for organised crime

Police told Dagens Nyheter that the raids were connected to one of Sweden’s most wanted gang leaders, Ismail Abdo, nicknamed Jordgubben (“The Strawberry”).

In a statement police said they had “hit a central violent actor by targeting individuals around this person and their business structures”.

Raids were carried out in Bergslagen, as well as the Mitt and Stockholm police regions.

It’s suspected that these sellers had been marketing Belgian strawberries as Swedish and using the revenue to fund serious organised crime. Police also found children under the legal working age and migrants without legal residency permits working at the stalls.

Police believe that illegal strawberry sales turn over billions of kronor every year.

“We’ve carried out multiple actions together with other authorities,” Per Lundbäck, from the Bergslagen policing region, told Swedish news agency TT. “By cutting off the finances off this type of organised crime, we can weaken gangs’ financing and their ability to carry out crimes.”

To avoid buying strawberries linked to crime, Lundbäck recommends paying attention to the company you buy your strawberries from.

“The first thing you can do is look at the number the (mobile phone payment app) Swish payment goes to, to make sure it’s a company number starting with 123, and not a private number,” he said.

Most companies will have their Swish number displayed somewhere on the stand, so you should be able to check this even if you don’t have the app and are paying with card, for example.

He also added that you can pay attention to the age of the person selling the strawberries, describing very young sellers as a “red flag”.

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