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Published more: 2015-11-02 12:20 | SR - SVERIGES RADIO

Fatal shootings on the rise in Sweden

Lyssna: Criminologist blames illegal weapons and segregation for fatal violence

Since 2010, there have been five times as many shootings in Sweden's three major cities than in cities in neighbouring Nordic countries, Swedish Television News reports.

Last Friday night, a 26-year-old man was shot dead at a school in Biskopsgården in Gothenburg. The man was the latest victim of gang-related crime in Sweden.

The incident is far from unique. Since 2010, 45 people have been shot dead in Stockholm, Gothenburg and Malmö. This figure is four times as high as the number of fatal shootings in Copenhagen, Oslo, and Helsinki.

The number...