DSweden, which has been hit by an unprecedented wave of violence, has still not calmed down. Two people have been shot south of Stockholm in a clash between rival migrant gangs. A young woman died in an explosion north of Uppsala.
Sweden has struggled with rampant gang crime for years. There are repeated firings and deliberate explosions. People die regularly – more than in any other country in the EU. Striking: Perpetrators are mostly young, often even underage, immigrants from the Middle East or African countries somalia, As a result of permissive immigration policies, a gang environment has formed in Swedish cities and Stockholm’s suburbs since the early 2000s – particularly in districts where immigrants and their descendants now form the majority of the population.
Violence has recently increased again – eleven people have been shot this month already. This makes September the deadliest month in terms of gun violence since the end of 2019.