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Swedish PM Does Not Rule Out Use of Army to End Gang Violence

posted by janrinok on Monday February 26 2018, @07:34PM   Printer-friendly
from the big-guns dept.

An Anonymous Coward writes:

Sweden will do whatever it takes, including sending in the army, to end a wave of violence that has seen a string of deadly shootings, Prime Minister Stefan Lofven said in Wednesday.

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-sweden-violence/swedish-pm-does-not-rule-out-use-of-army-to-end-gang-violence-idUSKBN1F629L

Sweden's murder rate is relatively low in international terms, but gang violence has surged in recent years and Swedes are worried that the police are unable to cope.

In 2016, the latest year for which official statistics are available, 106 people were murdered in Sweden, a country of 10 million.

But Swedish TV reported there were over 300 shootings, mostly in turf battles between gangs over drugs, protection rackets and prostitution.

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday February 26 2018, @10:14PM (2 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Monday February 26 2018, @10:14PM (#644250)

    . Unfortunately, there's no way to stop the violence from escalating.

    Says the cowardly Anonymous Coward racist twit, who is formenting violence as hard as he can get it.

  • (Score: 2) by Mykl on Tuesday February 27 2018, @01:58AM (1 child)

    by Mykl (1112) on Tuesday February 27 2018, @01:58AM (#644384)

    Says the cowardly Anonymous Coward racist twit, who is formenting violence as hard as he can get it.

    AC calls out AC for being AC.

    I re-read GP's post very carefully after your accusation. They make the point that these weapons are coming in from outside of the country (the Balkans in particular), but make no claim about the racial makeup of the gangs who are buying the weapons. Their statement about closing the borders seems, to me, to be about stopping the flow of weapons rather than people. On the face of it, there is no evidence of racism in the post (perhaps there is a bit of gang-ism).

    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday February 28 2018, @10:04AM

      by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday February 28 2018, @10:04AM (#645070)

      The AC said nothing about race, just about the other AC saying the violence was inevitable, which means, oh third AC (or Mkyl), we will just have to say it is all your fault when they come and kill all the men, the women, the children, the dogs and cats, the hamsters (Remember Pebbles!! [mercurynews.com]), the goldfish, and the cockroaches with their "hyperbaric weapons systems" which they will claim are legal under the laws of war, but it will not make any difference for you, oh intervening AC! All will die! None will be Spared! Vikings do not take yougurt! [youtube.com] It's not yogurt! In the face!