On August 13, 2024, during daylight hours, the leader of the so-called Berganetwork was shot dead at a playground near Berga church in Linköping, having been lured there for a drug deal. In the initial trial, six men were convicted for their involvement - three for murder and three as accomplices. Two of the men received life sentences, while a 17-year-old was sentenced to seven years and ten months in prison for his role in the event.

In the appeal court, Göta hovrätt upheld a life sentence for one of the men who was present at the crime scene, while the other four received lighter sentences for being accomplices to the murder, with their penalties ranging from 3.5 years in juvenile detention to 14 years in prison. A 14-year-old boy confessed to firing the shots that killed the gang leader; however, because he was under 15 at the time of the murder, his accountability was addressed via a different legal process, and he is currently placed in a juvenile home.

The case highlights a suspected power struggle within the gang dynamics in Linköping and raises concerns about the ongoing issue of gang violence in Sweden, reflecting broader societal issues related to drug trafficking and youth involvement in criminal activities. The varying sentences and the acquittal of one man also point to the complexities of legal proceedings in cases involving multiple defendants with different levels of involvement.