2aguy
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But......Sweden has gun control laws....right?
"Our kids are actually dying - and it's weekly. Mother after mother, after mother is burying their kids," the heartbreaking words I heard from Maritha, a mother whose son Marley was shot dead on the streets of Stockholm.
Maritha spends her time campaigning to end gun crime, whilst her son's killer is yet to face justice.
When I travelled to Stockholm for my On Assignment report, Maritha would be the first person to tell me the primary factor driving Sweden's rising gun crime murders was segregation, but she would not be last.
The headlines about serious youth violence and gang crime bring to mind cities such as London, New York and Sao Paulo.
But, few would think of or know that Stockholm, Sweden, has become one of the worst places in Europe for Gun violence.
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Yet, as I walked around the small town with journalist Diamant Salihu, I was told stories of shootings at busy locations, such as the town's pizzeria, a park opposite a school, a block of flats and garages.
It felt like the people of Rinkeby were always a few yards away from the site of a gun murder.
www.itv.com
"Our kids are actually dying - and it's weekly. Mother after mother, after mother is burying their kids," the heartbreaking words I heard from Maritha, a mother whose son Marley was shot dead on the streets of Stockholm.
Maritha spends her time campaigning to end gun crime, whilst her son's killer is yet to face justice.
When I travelled to Stockholm for my On Assignment report, Maritha would be the first person to tell me the primary factor driving Sweden's rising gun crime murders was segregation, but she would not be last.
The headlines about serious youth violence and gang crime bring to mind cities such as London, New York and Sao Paulo.
But, few would think of or know that Stockholm, Sweden, has become one of the worst places in Europe for Gun violence.
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Yet, as I walked around the small town with journalist Diamant Salihu, I was told stories of shootings at busy locations, such as the town's pizzeria, a park opposite a school, a block of flats and garages.
It felt like the people of Rinkeby were always a few yards away from the site of a gun murder.
Why shootings are on the increase in Sweden’s suburbs | ITV News
Few would think of or know that Stockholm, Sweden, has become one of the worst places in Europe for Gun violence. | ITV National News
www.itv.com
