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A violent migrant from the African country of Eritrea has been granted permission to remain in Sweden by the Court of Appeal for Western Sweden despite a history of violent behavior and multiple criminal convictions. The higher court even overturned a previous deportation order from a lower court.
This individual, 27-year-old Ahmed Ibrahim Ahmed, has been sentenced to prison six times and is known for attacking prison staff with urine and feces, according to a news report from Swedish outlet Samnytt.
Despite his series of crimes, the Court of Appeals ruled that these crimes were not “extremely serious crimes” and are not grounds for deportation.
Ahmed came to Sweden in December 2018 as a quota refugee from an Ethiopian refugee camp, at the age of 20. He claimed to have converted from Islam to Christianity, seeking protection from potential retaliation. He then settled in a community in Värmland.
However, upon settling in Sweden, he embarked on a serious spate of violent crimes.
In August 2019, Ahmed was reported for assaulting a relative, an altercation reportedly stemming from a religious disagreement over Islam and Christianity in defense of the Pentecostal Church.
In March 2020, he assaulted the same person again, seemingly in revenge for the police report, and then a third time in June of that year.
Following these repeated violent incidents, Ahmed Ibrahim Ahmed was sentenced to two years and six months in prison for assault. He was conditionally released in November 2021.
However, significant issues arose during his time in prison. He displayed extreme aggression toward staff, leading to his transfer to the high-security Kumla prison. He developed a method of throwing urine and feces at staff members.
One Kumla employee described his consistent violence, noting, “Every single time he has been taken out of the room, he has been violent towards us.”
His behavior was so problematic that he could not be in the same room as staff during visits. These attacks led to a growing list of convictions.
In April 2022, he received a six-month prison sentence for assault, unlawful threats, violence against an official, attempted violence against an official, and violent resistance.
In June 2023, he was sentenced to three months for four counts of attempted violence against an official.
In February 2024, he was hit with a one-year prison sentence for violating the Knife Act, violence against an official, and attempted aggravated violence against an official.
In February 2025, he was sentenced to four months for two counts of molestation, violent resistance, and attempted violence against an official
By March of this year, various institutions had documented 196 different charges attributed to him, including violence or threats against officials, inappropriate behavior, damage, and violence or threats against fellow inmates.
Although not all were prosecuted, the sheer volume of charges he has faced underlines what role he has played in Swedish society since arriving.
In December of last year, Ahmed Ibrahim Ahmed was conditionally released from his fifth prison sentence. Yet, just months later, in March 2025, another incident occurred. After being greeted by neighbors in the stairwell of his apartment building in Munkfors, he confronted them with a knife, threatening to kill them.
When police arrived, he attacked them with a large stone, leading to his arrest after officers ran over him with their patrol car.
This latest incident resulted in charges and another prison sentence of one year and eight months for gross unlawful threats, assault on a civil servant, attempted violence against a civil servant, threats against a civil servant, violence against a civil servant, and violent resistance.
Additionally, the Värmland District Court had ruled that Ahmed Ibrahim Ahmed should be deported for life to Eritrea, citing the serious danger he posed to public order and security due to his violent crimes, especially against police and correctional officers.
However, the Court of Appeal for Western Sweden overturned the deportation order based on his refugee status.
Their reasoning stated that because the 27-year-old Eritrean is a refugee, he would need to have committed an “extremely serious crime” for deportation to be justified.
The court concluded that his actions, including throwing urine and feces at prison staff, attacking police with a stone, or threatening neighbors with a knife, were simply not considered “extremely serious” enough. Therefore, the court stated, “Ahmed Ahmed is therefore a refugee in need of a sanctuary in Sweden.”
As a result, Ahmed Ibrahim Ahmed is permitted to stay in Sweden, though he is ordered to pay damages to the neighbors and prison guards he assaulted.
