A Somali boy, eight years dies after a grenade was thrown into his bedroom

An eight-year-old Somali-British boy was killed after a hand grenade was thrown into his bedroom as part of an underworld feud involving members of a Somali crime gang in Sweden.

Yuusuf Warsame, from Birmingham, was sleeping in the apartment in the working class Biskopsgarden in Gothenburg when the explosive was tossed through the window and detonated.

Investigating police believe the house was targeted as part of a feud involving members of the Somali underworld.

His father Abdiwahid Warsame today confirmed his son, who was visiting relatives in Sweden, had died in the attack, which is being treated as a murder.

Paying tribute to his son he said: ‘He was a lovely boy, a beautiful child. He was so well liked at school and really worked on his education.

‘He wanted to do well in life and not make bad decisions.

‘He was so well behaved, if he saw someone dropping rubbish in the street he couldn’t understand it. He would say: ‘Why are they doing that?’

‘He loved swimming, he was the strongest swimmer. He didn’t like football, swimming was his sport. He loved to play tennis as well.

‘He was just on holiday with his mum and his two brothers.

‘We don’t know why it happened yet, we are waiting for more information.

‘I will be flying out there to find out what has happened. ‘He was just a normal boy with his education ahead of him.’

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