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https://www.forbes.com/sites/lisakim/2021/10/22/swedens-brutal-gang-problem-heres-what-officials-blame-it-on/ https://www.forbes.com/sites/lisakim/2021/10/22/sw
by armitron 5y ago
https://www.forbes.com/sites/lisakim/2021/10/22/swedens-brutal-gang-problem-heres-what-officials-blame-it-on/ https://www.forbes.com/sites/lisakim/2021/10/22/swedens-brut...
"The chances of men between the ages 15 and 29 in Sweden getting shot were ten times higher than their counterparts in Germany, a 2018 study found, according to The Economist."
"Eight in 10 shootings in Sweden were connected to organized crime, a study by the Swedish National Council for Crime Prevention said. That ratio was “significantly” higher compared to other countries in Europe, the Guardian reported."
"In 2018, Sweden had the highest gun deaths in Europe, surpassing Italy and eastern Europe, due to increased criminal gang activities, the Guardian said."
"Deaths involving guns tripled in that country between 2012 and 2020, Bloomberg said."
"Nearly 260 crimes in Sweden involved explosives in 2019, up 60% from a year earlier, Swedish National Council for Crime Prevention data showed."
Forbes, Guardian, Economist not your usual "right wing nationalist" sources.
- Apocryphon 5y agoDoesn't Germany also have a fair amount of immigration from those same countries?
- yongjik 5y agoSweden had 47 gun deaths in 2020, with 10.3 million people, which is 4.6 deaths per million. Massachusetts, the US state with least firearm deaths per capita, had 34 per million as of 2019. US average is 136.