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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 Tuesday February 27 2018, @02:55AM (4 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday February 27 2018, @02:55AM (#644420)

    Ahhh, so that's the trick. It's alright to call them "migrants", but we have to leave out the sand niggers, brown skins, Muslim, and any other identifiers that might help us to figure out who the hell is raping and killing Swedes. Multiculturalism is good, but we may not identify which cultures contribute to multiculturalism. Got it. The alt-right will thank you for establishing the proper rules for discussing lawless motherfuckers who intend to destroy a nation.

  • (Score: 3, Insightful) by Azuma Hazuki on Tuesday February 27 2018, @03:15AM (2 children)

    by Azuma Hazuki (5086) on Tuesday February 27 2018, @03:15AM (#644438) Journal

    There's not a hell of a lot of difference between the two groups, you know. That's the irony: the alt-right aren't as a rule opposed to theocracy, they just want it to be THEIR version of Abrahamic theocracy, not those brown peoples' version.

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    I am "that girl" your mother warned you about...

    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday February 27 2018, @09:53AM (1 child)

      by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday February 27 2018, @09:53AM (#644548)

      Could we just drop all RWNJs of any color onto some faraway island and let them duke their hatred out there?

  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday February 27 2018, @04:31PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday February 27 2018, @04:31PM (#644659)

    I feel like the Russian trolls are here trying to shift the narrative on their favor by sheer spam.