Criminal gangs in Sweden constantly made by explosive attacks are quite exceptional in the European and even world scale, estimates criminology Amir Rostami newspaper Dagens nyheter on (switch to another service).

in Sweden has made this year already 102 explosive attack, which investigate has alerted police explosive offenses specialized group. Last year the corresponding period of the explosions was 39.

Almost a third of the explosions have occurred in Southern Sweden in Malmö. In stockholm, there have been 19 and in Gothenburg 13.

Rostamin according to the corresponding number of explosive attacks is not done in any other rich country, which does not go to war or not to suffer for years from terrorism.

to Find a similar to keep looking for war zones or in countries with a long terrorism history, criminology Amir Rostami said in an interview.

floor of the house in foreground left explosives caused massive damage at the beginning of June in Linköping. Police have still not managed to solve the case. Jeppe Gustafsson / EPATaustalla criminal gangs fighting

Rostamin according to a precise statistical comparison of the Swedish and other Western European countries it is difficult even to do, for other countries the statistics log as little similar crimes.

I’ve been in contact with numerous police authorities, as well as in Europe and North America, and not in any of them recognize a similar development as in Sweden, we, Rostami told.

the researchers it is difficult to find an explanation as to why the explosive shocks made in Sweden, but I don’t remember a similar population base and social conditions of their own countries. Rostami sees the gang violence, the use of 15 years of continuous thread, which means you are all the time deteriorated.

– the First shots were fired in the leg and butt, then started to shoot the others, then the shots increased, to make the outright executions and desecration to the victims. Now is really a lot of explosions, Rostami draw a spiral of violence with red thread.

the criminal gangs, whose members are often of immigrant background, has numerous active conflicts in different parts of Sweden. Conflict in the background can be as to fight drug trafficking turf like a human relationship, too.

so far, the explosive device attacks have caused mostly material damage. Although in September in the South of Sweden in Lund in the explosion seriously wounded one of the passers-by (you move to another service).

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