Post by schwartzie on Dec 27, 2021 15:20:12 GMT -5
Sweden, Gang Violence and a New Prime Minister
by Judith Bergman
December 27, 2021 at 5:00 am
Sweden is facing much more than a "serious problem".
Sweden has the highest number of fatal shootings per million inhabitants in Europe according to the latest report by BrĂ¥ on shooting, released in May. Sweden, furthermore, is the only country in Europe in which fatal shootings have increased since the year 2005.
"The main underlying reason for the development with shootings and explosions is the situation that prevails in vulnerable areas, where residents feel threatened by criminals, where there is open drug trafficking and where criminals in some places have created parallel social structures", Swedish police wrote in a recent press release.
In six out of seven police regions, gangs use 12-year-old children in the conduct of their criminal activities, including selling drugs and transporting weapons.