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Published more: 2018-02-05 16:39 | SR - SVERIGES RADIO

Why officers with submachine guns were guarding Malmö police stations

A police officer carrying a submachine gun on Sällerupsvägen in Malmö.

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Officers carrying submachine guns were posted outside two police stations in Malmö over the weekend. Local police say the decision was made to ward off retributive attacks from criminal groups.

According to Nils Norling, press spokesman for Malmö police, the decision was taken to station the officers outside the station in the district of Rosengård and offices in Sällerupsvägen because of raids planned over the weekend.

"During the weekend we did a lot of actions against the criminal elements in Malmö, and...