Denmark to tighten border controls after increase in Swedish teen shootings

Since April, Denmark has reported 25 incidents involving Swedish teenagers, dubbed “child soldiers”, doing “dirty work” for Danish criminal gangs. In one of the recent incidents, a gang member was killed, Azer News
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Denmark will tighten border controls with Sweden after a rise in shootings involving Swedish teenagers, Justice Minister Peter Hummelgaard announced.

“We are tightening controls, partly to improve security and partly to prevent Swedish child soldiers from crossing the border into Copenhagen on a contract basis for gang-related activities,” Hummelgaard said.

The Justice Minister said police have documented the recruitment of at least 25 Swedish teenagers since April.

On August 7, a 43-year-old man with ties to the gang “Family Loyal” was shot dead in Copenhagen. A 42-year-old woman was injured in the same conflict. In the past two weeks, three shootings have been linked to “child soldiers” and three Swedish minors have been arrested.

The minister described this as a “terrible phenomenon” and condemned the practice of Danish gangs recruiting young Swedes for criminal activities. According to him, the “strings” in gang conflicts are pulled by individuals from non-Western countries, such as Lebanon, Iraq and the UAE. “We do not want to accept that,” Hummelgaard said.

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