Gang Violence Impacts 60 Bystanders in Two Years, Reports Ekot

In just over two years, 60 outsiders have been killed or injured in shootings and explosions linked to criminal networks, reports Ekot.

» Published: May 12 2025

Gang Violence Impacts 60 Bystanders in Two Years, Reports Ekot
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It's about perpetrators having exercised violence against relatives, against the wrong target, or that someone just happened to be in the wrong place at the wrong time.

It's an effect of many who commit these crimes not being part of the conflict itself, says August Knutsson, operational coordinator at the police to the radio.

Many perpetrators are young people who take on various assignments. They are often drug-affected, have low local knowledge, and no individual knowledge. They receive an assignment to carry out, which increases the risk of misfires and misexplosions, he says.

Two-thirds of the cases where an outsider was affected occurred in 2023. By 2025, up to the end of April 29, they estimated that one person had been killed and five had been injured.

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