Sweden's leader turns to the military for help as gang violence escalates
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Sweden’s prime minister has summoned the head of the military to discuss how the armed forces can help police deal with an unprecedented crime wave that has shocked the country with almost daily shootings and bombings.

Three people were killed overnight in separate incidents in Sweden as deadly violence linked to a feud between criminal gangs escalated.

Late Wednesday, an 18-year-old man was shot dead in a Stockholm suburb. Hours later, one man was killed and another was wounded in a shooting in Jordbro, south of the Swedish capital.

Early Thursday a woman in her 20s died in an explosion in Uppsala, west of Stockholm. The blast, which damaged five houses, is being treated by the police as a murder. Swedish media said the woman who died was likely not the intended victim and that the target was the house next door.

Swedish broadcaster SVT noted that the two fatal shootings bring the death toll from gun violence in September to 11, making it the deadliest month for shootings since police started keeping statistics in 2016.

  • ninjan@lemmy.mildgrim.comEnglish
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    9 months ago

    While the trend is horrible for my beloved country with crime increasing year over year which is very fucked we need to keep perspective. Sweden has a population of almost 11 million. NY 9 or so. Sweden a given month 2-11 homicides, NY around 30. And there are far worse cities out there.

    We need to get crime down for sure however, we can’t let this become the new normal.