'Social contagion' as Sweden sees surge in deadly shootings

Reuters
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People gather beside flowers and candles at the site where a 12-year-old girl was shot dead at a motorway service area in Botkyrka, near Stockholm, Sweden August 3, 2020. Stina Stjernkvist/TT News Agency via REUTERS
Sweden has gone from having one of the lowest rates of gun violence in Europe to having one of the highest, a report said on Wednesday, describing what one researcher called a "social contagion" of killings.
Sweden, with a population of 10 million, saw 42 deadly shootings in 2019, the last year with verified statistics. Preliminary figures for 2020 also showed more than 40 people were shot dead.

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