About 62,000 persons are active in, or have connections to, criminal networks in Sweden, the police said on Friday, where the authorities have struggled for years to contain violence linked to organised crime. Deadly shootings have more than tripled over the past decade in this Nordic nation of 10 million people, and are currently at levels much higher than neighbouring countries. "We have identified 14,000 as active in criminal networks," National Police Commissioner Petra Lundh told a media conference.
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News from Belgium that two Swedes were shot dead in Brussels was terrible, Swedish Justice Minister Gunnar Strommer said on Monday, and follows recent police warnings in Sweden of potential attacks over Koran burnings. The Swedish government was in contact with Belgian authorities to seek more information, he added.
Sweden s biggest opposition party on Thursday called on the government to deploy the military to help stop a gang war that has seen eleven people shot dead so far this month and sparked outrage. -September 28, 2023 at 11:41 am EDT
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STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - Sweden's biggest opposition party on Thursday called on the government to deploy the military to help stop a gang war that has s.