Sweden gangs: PM summons army chief after surge in killings
The two men and the country's police chief will meet on Friday to discuss what role the military could play.It comes after a bloody 12 hours that saw two men shot dead in Stockholm and a 25-year-old woman killed in a blast at home in a town north of the capital.We will hunt the gangs down and we will defeat them," PM Ulf Kristersson promised in a rare televised address.Armed forces chief Micael Byden told Swedish newspaper Dagens Nyheter he was prepared to assist police efforts. It is not clear exactly how the military might get involved but previous talks suggest soldiers may take over certain policing duties to allow officers to free up resources for crime-fighting.Some critics have described the proposed measures as superficial, arguing they treat the symptoms rather than root causes of the violence.So far this month, 12 people have been killed in gang violence - the highest number since December 2019, according to Dagens Nyheter. Swedish media have connected the recent sur