– The police cannot do everything. That was the main point of Ulf Kristersson when he and Minister of Justice Gunnar Strömmer met the press on Friday afternoon. Earlier today, the Swedish Prime Minister met with the National Police Chief and the Chief of Defense, where they discussed how the Swedish Defense Forces can support the police in their work against gang violence. Criminal gangs are ravaging Sweden, and a wave of shooting episodes and explosions has hit the country. Innocents are killed, many at a young age. So far in September, there have been 12 murders in the vicinity of the Swedish capital. – The police work day and night to work against crime and to preserve safety in Sweden. Minister of Justice Gunnar Strömmer said so at the press conference following the meeting. – Now more and more children and completely innocent people are affected by this gross violence. I cannot emphasize enough how serious the situation is, said Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson. Strengthened cooperation At the press conference, the two ministers announce that the government wants to change the country’s criminal policy. They will do this by strengthening cooperation between defense and the police. The armed forces will be tasked with supporting the police with, among other things, surveillance missions, logistics, vehicles and helicopters, and expertise in analysis. Next week, the government will consider whether this can be done within the current legislation, or whether the law must be changed. Norway also cooperates with the Swedish police against organized crime. Sweden’s national police chief Anders Thornberg and police director Benedicte Bjørnland held a press conference earlier in September. Photo: Martin Solhaug Standal / NTB – Many must do their part Kristersson said that no other country in Europe has come across anything similar to the situation in the country now, and neither has Sweden: – Sweden is in an extremely exceptional situation right now . The Valdsbølga we are seeing now is unique, said a serious prime minister. He clarified that it is the state’s responsibility to ensure that “one person is not shot every day in Sweden”, but emphasized that it is not just the police who must work against gang violence: – Social services must do their part, parents must do their part , the school must do its part. Many people have to do their part – so that the police can do their part. Wave of violence in Sweden Sweden has recently been hit by a wave of violence, with several shootings and explosions. In September alone, 12 people were killed. Several incidents are linked to internal strife in the criminal gang Foxtrotnettverket, as well as the conflict they have with the rival gang Dalennettverket. The timeline has the most recent events first. A 25-year-old woman died after a powerful explosion in a residential area in Uppsala on Thursday night. A witness tells Aftonbladet that two nearby houses have suffered extensive damage. The newspaper UNT writes that the report about the explosion came at 3.45 a.m. One person died when two people were shot in Jordbro, south of Stockholm. The other person was slightly injured. Both people who were shot are said to have been over 18 years of age. Three people who are suspected of being involved have been arrested. A well-known male rapper in his late teens is shot and killed on the Mälarhöjden sports ground in the south of Stockholm. Six or seven shots are said to have been fired. According to TV4, there were around 70 young people at the site from several children’s and youth teams in the square during the shooting. Mälarhöjden is located in the neighborhood of Früangen, 6-7 kilometers from the center of Stockholm. There is an explosion in a block of flats at Ekholmen in Linköping. A woman is taken to hospital. One person has now been arrested. The Swedish government is calling for a new crisis meeting. In Stockholm, a man is shot outside his home and sent to hospital with serious injuries. Three people are injured in an explosion in Hässelby, west of Stockholm. They were not seriously injured. The explosion went off at a stairwell, and the police refer to it as a powerful detonation. There is an explosion at a house in Huddinge, south of Stockholm. In Uppsala, shots are fired at an apartment. The same thing happens to an apartment in Stockholm. There is an explosion at a villa in Södertalje, southwest of Stockholm. No one was injured. Two men in their 20s and 70s are shot dead in a bar in Sandviken, north of Stockholm. Two other people were injured. There is also an explosion in an area of terraced houses in Huddinge, south of Stockholm. No one was injured. Shots are fired at the door of an apartment in Larsberg, which is outside Stockholm. No one was injured. The Swedish government holds a crisis meeting on gang violence. A villa is hit by an explosion in Nyköping, southwest of Stockholm. No one was injured, but the case is being investigated as attempted murder. Shots are also fired at a home in Handen, south of Stockholm. No one was injured. A man is seriously injured after being shot in Jönköping, south-west Sweden. There is also an explosion outside a home in northwest Stockholm. A 39-year-old man is shot dead in Råcksta in Vällingby, which is west of Stockholm. A teenage boy dies after being shot in Västertorp, which is south of Stockholm. A man in his 20s is shot dead in Vasastan in Stockholm. A 23-year-old man is shot dead in a residential area in Uppsala. He was the neighbor of a gang member. A man in his 20s is also shot dead in Sollentuna, north of Stockholm. A 13-year-old boy is found shot dead in a wooded area in Haninge, which is south of Stockholm. A woman in her 60s is killed in her own home in Uppsala, which is north of Stockholm. The woman was the mother of a gang member. Five Swedish citizens are involved in a shooting in Istanbul, Turkey. They are now in custody in Turkey. According to the Swedish media, the incident is linked to gang violence in Sweden. Show more Høyr also:
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