Sweden charges five over hair salon triple murder
Swedish prosecutors on Wednesday charged five people over a brazen triple murder at a hair salon last year which put the spotlight on the Scandinavian country's battle with crime gangs.
A Swedish court has doled out a record-long jail sentence to a teenage boy who killed three people in one of the most horrifying murders of the country’s brutal gang conflict..
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Swedish prosecutors on Wednesday charged five people over a brazen triple murder at a hair salon last year which put the spotlight on the Scandinavian country's battle with crime gangs.
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A Swedish court sentenced a 21-year-old to life in prison for a triple murder at a hair salon that drew attention to the country's criminal networks.
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Sweden summoned the Iranian ambassador this week following reports that a Swedish citizen had been sentenced to death in Iran, the Scandinavian country's foreign minister said on Friday.
So far this year, at least 127 children under the age of 15 are suspects in murder cases, up from just 14 in 2022, a sign that the government's crackdown on gangs is not going entirely to plan.
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