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In conflict situations, violence is used against civilians in order to inflict trauma, humiliate, fracture the social and moral fabric of innocent victims, their families and communities. Conflict-related sexual violence (also referred to as CRSV) is a horrific method used by armed actors, terrorist groups, and other malicious parties as a tactic of war, terrorism, or extremist violence.  WHAT IS CRSV? When we talk about CRSV, it can include things like rape, sexual assault, forced abortions, sexual slavery, forced prostitution, forced marriages, forced pregnancy, and unwanted sterilization. It can mean any kind of sexual violence that is related to a conflict that can be inflicted on men, women, young boys or girls. We can define CRSV by the profile of the perpetrators and the victims.  The perpetrators are often tied to armed groups that can be State, or non-State affiliated. This means that they could be armies, police, and any other authorities that belongs to the country's gov

In the summer of 1960, four t eenagers were brutally attacked while enjoying a camping weekend. Police never figured out who the killer was. However, they had many suspects over the years. One such suspect even went to trial. In the first part of the Bodom Lake murders, we looked in-depth at the victims murder scene and subsequent police investigation. In Part 2, we will explore who the suspects were and why police were never able to this anyone to the crime.   SUSPECTS There has been many suspects in the Bodom Lake murders. The first one was a local shop owner by the name of Karl Valdermar Gyllström. His kiosk, located by the lake, was very popular with the campers. Gyllström was also known as "Kiosk man" or "Kioskimies".  Karl Gyllström, the "Kioskimies" Gyllström was very hostile towards the campers. He was known to cut down tents or throw rocks at them. There were some reports of witnesses seeing him leave the campsite, and the witnesses were too afrai