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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.
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(Score: 0, Troll) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday February 27 2018, @04:46AM
> Who are in these gangs? It seems like that's an important question.
The press in different European countries use different euphemisms. In France it is "youths" and in Denmark it is "underprivileged" and in Sweden it is "gangs" and you get the idea. They all refer to islam. There is even an islamist party [jihadwatch.org] in Swedish politics. It is just not allowed to name islam. Hence the code word "gang" being used awkwardly.
Even the Feminist Initiative party is trying to exploit the situation by blaming all men, each and every one, instead of islam for the rapes and asaults beause it helps their attempts at power even if at the expense of their nation.