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The government has submitted to parliament a bill to abolish automatic reductions in penalties for offenders between the ages of 18 and 20 who have been convicted of serious crimes such as murder, rape, armed robbery and other firearms-related crimes, Justice Minister Morgan Johansson said.
Sweden has been working for years to combat the growing activity of criminal gangs, which has led to an increase in the use of firearms and the number of murders, with gangs settling accounts.
Sweden currently has the highest per capita murder rate in Europe, according to a report published by the National Crime Prevention Council in May.
In 2020, Sweden, with a population of just over ten million, recorded 360 firearms-related incidents that killed 47 people and injured 117.
Most of the perpetrators and victims were under the age of 30.
In the last of these cases, two children injured over the weekend, one was five years old and the other six.
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