The surge in gang violence in Sweden has led to one of the highest homicide rates in Europe, with official data showing that fatal shootings have more than doubled in a year.
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00:00Sweden's gang violence has become so severe that its homicide rate linked to gang warfare
00:07is now one of the highest in Europe.
00:10Journalists spoke with a young man who wishes to remain anonymous.
00:15After starting as a drug dealer, he now commits other crimes advertised on encrypted messaging
00:20systems.
00:21Criminals have turned to minors who face the prospect of juvenile justice rather than life
00:49sentences in the adult system for contract killings.
01:15Escalating gang violence is fuelled by arms and drug trafficking which flood Sweden's
01:19major ports.
01:23Since 2013, the number of fatal shootings in the country has more than doubled according
01:28to official statistics.
01:31Much of the violence takes place in larger cities but has begun to spread to smaller
01:35towns.