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.
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.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday February 27 2018, @02:10AM (1 child)
Key point there, "the only helping hand offered are from incumbent criminals." So are you arguing that we should provide more services to immigrants? Maybe help them succeed in their new home?
(Score: 2, Touché) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday February 27 2018, @02:46AM
Because Sweden clearly isn’t doing enough... she was asking for it!