
Swedish 13-Year-Old’s Death Linked to Gang Violence
Sweden is now the leading country in Europe for deadly violence involving firearms.
Sweden is now the leading country in Europe for deadly violence involving firearms.
After a deadly mass shooting over the weekend and years of being Europe’s capital of gun crime, Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson has promised some justice reforms but it remains unclear what effect they might have to deter the ongoing violence.
Sweden’s request to extradite Majid represents a notable role reversal for Sweden and Turkey and comes as Swedish courts have been parsing through Turkey’s own extradition requests.
As rising gang crime sparks debates over law, order, and immigration ahead of Finland’s election, national-conservative True Finns say they “have been warning for years” of the danger.
Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson (M) called those responsible for the ever-increasing violence “the domestic terrorists of our time.”
According to reports, 63 people were killed in gang-related shootings last year in Sweden.
Marie Torstensson Levander, professor of criminology at Malmö University, says politicians do not take the problem seriously enough.