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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: 1, Troll) by aristarchus on Monday February 26 2018, @08:54PM (6 children)

    by aristarchus (2645) on Monday February 26 2018, @08:54PM (#644186) Journal

    Oh, come now! The Swedes did not invite in the Nazis during the last war. You must be thinking of the Norwegians. Or the Bloody Brexit Brit Racist Nazi Sympathizers (BBBNRS, as we used to call them).

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  • (Score: 1, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday February 27 2018, @08:43AM (1 child)

    by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday February 27 2018, @08:43AM (#644532)

    Oh right, the Swedes just did business with the Nazis like nothing was happening.

    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday February 27 2018, @12:05PM

      by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday February 27 2018, @12:05PM (#644579)

      Another one who mixes up the the swiss and the swedes! I thought it was just me. :)

  • (Score: 2) by Wootery on Tuesday February 27 2018, @10:48AM (3 children)

    by Wootery (2341) on Tuesday February 27 2018, @10:48AM (#644556)

    Oh come on, you can do better than that, right? It shouldn't be hard to take the intellectual high-ground against an AC.

    • (Score: 3, Insightful) by aristarchus on Wednesday February 28 2018, @09:36AM (2 children)

      by aristarchus (2645) on Wednesday February 28 2018, @09:36AM (#645058) Journal

      Was just setting the nazi bastard up for c0lo to clean his clock. Time's up, racist bastards!

      • (Score: 2) by Wootery on Wednesday February 28 2018, @10:32AM (1 child)

        by Wootery (2341) on Wednesday February 28 2018, @10:32AM (#645076)

        Weak sauce. Save it for reddit.

        • (Score: 3, Funny) by aristarchus on Wednesday February 28 2018, @10:49AM

          by aristarchus (2645) on Wednesday February 28 2018, @10:49AM (#645081) Journal

          What is a "reddit"? Is it some kind of Swedish food? Not like Lutefisk, I hope.