Three people were killed overnight in separate incidents in Sweden as deadly violence linked to a feud between criminal gangs escalated.
Late Wednesday, an 18-year-old man was shot dead in a Stockholm suburb. Hours later, one man was killed and another was wounded in a shooting in Jordbro, south of the Swedish capital.
Early Thursday a woman in her 20s died in an explosion in Uppsala, west of Stockholm. The blast, which damaged five houses, is being treated by the police as a murder. Swedish media said the woman who died was likely not the intended victim and that the target was the house next door.
Swedish broadcaster SVT noted that the two fatal shootings bring the death toll from gun violence in September to 11, making it the deadliest month for shootings since police started keeping statistics in 2016.
No offense, but this is such a stupid perspective, why would ever compare yourself to something worse? I’m sure Sweden is better than Afghanistan or Nigeria but that’s meaningless because it doesn’t tell you anything. Besides the state of New York has 20 million people, not 9, unless you’re comparing the country of Sweden to New York city, in which case the question is why? Why would compare an entire country like Sweden to a very big city? It sounds like apples to oranges comparison. Also why NYC and not Tokyo or Osaka or Seoul or whatever other mega city that’s safer than Sweden? Why not compare Sweden to other countries that are similar to it like Norway or Finland? Or better yet, why not compare Sweden to itself? Sweden today is objectively more dangerous than Sweden just a decade ago. Comparing Sweden to random places that are more dangerous and saying “but it’s so not so bad, there’s worse” just sounds like a lazy way to ignore and deny the problem which is precisely why Sweden’s crime issue has gotten to where it is.
To something worse because people frame it as Sweden is becoming exceptionally violent which isn’t true. It’s however getting more violent over time with more murders which is horrible and counter to the development in many other western countries. We’re reaching mainland Europe levels when before we were significantly lower.
It’s also obvious you just read one part of my comment and then ignored the rest.
That was point. This is what matters. Sweden should be compared to itself or countries on the same level as it. It’s silly to compare it to a massive city that is known for its crime.
I didn’t ignore it lol. I’m not disagreeing with your take, I’m just criticizing the comparison