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02-10-2023, 03:59 PM
Rupert Neate
Mon 2 Oct 2023 07.00 BST
The prime minister of Sweden is calling in the army to help tackle an “unprecedented” epidemic of gang violence and “terrorist-like” attacks that has seen a record 11 people die in shootings in September alone and a wave of bomb attacks – including four within a single hour.
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the issue has dominated Swedish politics for the last few years and partly led to the country last year electing the most far-right government in its history.
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As recently as 2003 Sweden had one of the lowest shooting deaths per capita in Europe, but, by 2021 it had one of the highest.
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Last year 62 people were shot dead.
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In just a 12-hour period last week, an 18-year-old rapper was executed on a sports field near Stockholm, a second man shot dead and the 25-year-old woman referred to by Kristersson was killed in a bomb attack in Uppsala, about 70km north of Stockholm.
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The situation ...... is now so bad that the police need support from the military.
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most of the guns in Sweden come from the Balkans and are smuggled into Sweden – as are drugs – across its largely unguarded 2211km of land borders and 3,218km coastline.
Much of the drug dealing, gangland activity and even murders are carried out by young people recruited from Sweden’s deprived recent immigrant communities
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“Several boys aged between 13 and 15 have been killed,” he said last month. “Seen from the criminals’ point of view, there are several advantages to recruiting young people. A child is not controlled by the police in the same way as an adult. Nor can a child be convicted of a crime. A young person can also be easier to influence and exploit.”
Under Swedish law people under the age 21 should only be jailed under exceptional circumstances.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/o...b-gdnworld
Mon 2 Oct 2023 07.00 BST
The prime minister of Sweden is calling in the army to help tackle an “unprecedented” epidemic of gang violence and “terrorist-like” attacks that has seen a record 11 people die in shootings in September alone and a wave of bomb attacks – including four within a single hour.
......
the issue has dominated Swedish politics for the last few years and partly led to the country last year electing the most far-right government in its history.
......
As recently as 2003 Sweden had one of the lowest shooting deaths per capita in Europe, but, by 2021 it had one of the highest.
......
Last year 62 people were shot dead.
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In just a 12-hour period last week, an 18-year-old rapper was executed on a sports field near Stockholm, a second man shot dead and the 25-year-old woman referred to by Kristersson was killed in a bomb attack in Uppsala, about 70km north of Stockholm.
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The situation ...... is now so bad that the police need support from the military.
......
most of the guns in Sweden come from the Balkans and are smuggled into Sweden – as are drugs – across its largely unguarded 2211km of land borders and 3,218km coastline.
Much of the drug dealing, gangland activity and even murders are carried out by young people recruited from Sweden’s deprived recent immigrant communities
......
“Several boys aged between 13 and 15 have been killed,” he said last month. “Seen from the criminals’ point of view, there are several advantages to recruiting young people. A child is not controlled by the police in the same way as an adult. Nor can a child be convicted of a crime. A young person can also be easier to influence and exploit.”
Under Swedish law people under the age 21 should only be jailed under exceptional circumstances.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/o...b-gdnworld
