Twenty-three innocent bystanders have been killed and 30 others wounded in gang-related shootings in Sweden over the past three years, according to police statistics released on Monday that have laid bare the Nordic country’s struggle to rein in a wave of violent crime rooted in failed migration policy.
The figures have come as Sweden continues to grapple with the legacy of decades of large-scale migration, with the country having received the highest per capita intake of migrants in Europe during the 2015 migration crisis. Swedish police have estimated that around 30,000 people in the country are directly involved with or have ties to gang networks, with newer assessments putting the figure of those connected to organised crime at more than 60,000.
