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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.

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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.

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: 2) by janrinok on Wednesday February 28 2018, @10:09AM (2 children)

    by janrinok (52) Subscriber Badge on Wednesday February 28 2018, @10:09AM (#645073) Journal

    Of course I am anti rape - aren't you? However, if that is not what you were saying, could you try writing it in a more adult style and I will try to understand the point you are making.

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday February 28 2018, @10:44AM (1 child)

    by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday February 28 2018, @10:44AM (#645079)

    Subtle references never work with janrinok! Swedish migrant massacre in Bowling Green! The American Carnage! Do you not recall, some not too long ago, our eds fed us a fine article on how anti-rape pants were all the rage in places now infested with over-sexed refugees? And in places frequented by the alt-right? Do you not recall? Maybe I dreamed it. One day on SoylentNews just seems to blend into the next, unless, of course, there is a refreshing, and not at all clickbaity, aristarchus submission!

    • (Score: 2) by janrinok on Wednesday February 28 2018, @12:25PM

      by janrinok (52) Subscriber Badge on Wednesday February 28 2018, @12:25PM (#645098) Journal
      I have been away ill quite a bit recently - so I probably missed that particular story.