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Hate crimes need to be prioritised by police and clear efforts need to be made when the new national police organisation is created in the new year.

That is according to Håkan Sandahl, currently police chief in Jönköping county, given the task by the previous centre-right government to see what can be done to fight crimes targeted at specific groups in society. These include crimes with homophobic, racist or anti-semitic motives.

All seven regional police authorities should have their own specialised hate crime groups, he tells news agency TT, there should be a national co-ordinator of efforts to fight...