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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   
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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• Re:Who are in these gangs? Re:Who are in these gangs? (Score: -1, Redundant) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday February 27 2018, @04:22AM (2 children)

  by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday February 27 2018, @04:22AM (#644459)

  > 'Sweden has had gang problems since the '90s'

  Scratch the surface and you will find that is when you see moslem settlers [thereligionofpeace.com] establlishing territories inside the borders of Sweden. Frojack is right about how Sweden has changed but is only commenting on the second tipping point not the first. Already those areas were dangerous by the turn of the century but they were fewer in number and you could at least visit them during the day without being in a very large group.

  Even the post office which has delivered to every address in the nation since the the 17th century has been forced to stop delivering inside the moslem colonies. It is just too dangerous for both staff and equipment.

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• Re:Who are in these gangs? Re:Who are in these gangs? (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday February 27 2018, @04:36PM (1 child)

  by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday February 27 2018, @04:36PM (#644660)

  Trolly troll troll go away

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  • Re:Who are in these gangs? (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday February 28 2018, @09:58AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday February 28 2018, @09:58AM (#645068)

    Just because the facts [soylentnews.org] rub you [jewishmag.com] the wrong way does not mean that everyone else is trolling.

    http://speisa.com/modules/articles/index.php/item.532/paramedics-in-sweden-now-demands-military-equipment.html [speisa.com]

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