As Sweden grapples with rising gang violence, the government wants to give police tools to tackle gang recruitment online.

Sweden is facing a surge in gang violence, straining its prison system and public safety. The government is considering ...

Further reading: Sweden proposes law for anonymous testimonies to combat rising gang violence In Sweden, firearm licenses can be obtained by those who are members of a shooting club or hold a ...

The shooter targeted a center that serves migrants seeking to integrate into a country that had already reversed its liberal ...

A gunman identified as Rickard Andersson killed 11 people, including himself, at a Swedish adult education center. The suspect's motives remain unclear, despite his possible connection as a student.

OREBRO, Sweden (Reuters) -Swedish police found three rifles near the body of the gunman amid a chaotic scene they described as an "inferno" after 11 people were killed and several wounded in the ...

Sweden has a high level of gun ownership by European standards, mainly linked to hunting, though it is much lower than in the United States. A wave of gang crime in recent years has also ...

Sweden has been struggling with a wave of shootings and bombings caused by an endemic gang crime problem that has seen the country of 10 million people record by far the highest per capita rate of ...

Sweden’s national broadcaster and several ... Police said the attacker was not known to them, he was not connected to any gangs and he was not believed to be acting based on ideological motives.

Last September, there was a school shooting south of Stockholm, when a 15-year-old is suspected to have wounded a classmate - although that attack was linked to Sweden's wider problem of gang ...

A 35-year-old Swedish man carried out the worst mass shooting in Sweden's history at an adult education center in Orebro, killing at least 11 people. The suspect, named Rickard Andersson by the media, ...

They also said he had no gang connection. Sweden's Minister of Justice Gunnar Strommer confirmed in a press conference on Feb 4 that the attacker was a man. Daily tabloid Aftonbladet, which spoke ...