Tag: Sweden

‘Child soldiers’ and blood feuds: Sweden’s out-of-control gang wars

By Agence France-Presse One night in September, teacher Thomas Cervin was woken by gunshots in his apartment building in Uppsala. His neighbour had just become the latest target in Sweden’s terrifying gang wars. Execution-style shootings carried out by “child soldiers”, apartment buildings rocked by bombings, innocent relatives targeted in vendettas, and the morning news summarising […]