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Gang shootings start weekend in Malmö and Gothenburg
Suspected gangland shootings have marked the start of the weekend in the Swedish cities of Malmö and Gothenburg, with victims left seriously wounded in both cities.
Police investigate new blast in troubled Gothenburg suburb
Swedish police are investigating an explosion at an apartment in the Biskopsgården suburb of Gothenburg just two weeks after an eight-year-old boy was killed when a hand grenade was thrown into a building in the same area.
No arrests after boy's death in Gothenburg grenade attack
UPDATED: Almost 200 people paid their respects at the funeral of an eight-year-old boy killed in a Gothenburg grenade attack. But police told The Local they have yet to make any arrests in the case.
Gothenburg grenade blast is 'part of a cycle of violence'
Is escalating gang crime behind the death of an eight-year-old boy in a Gothenburg suburb? The Local spoke to criminology professor Jerzy Sarnecki and organized crime expert Amir Rostami for their thoughts.
Sorrow for boy killed in Gothenburg gang attack
Residents have reacted with grief and anxiety to the murder of an eight-year-old boy who was killed when a hand grenade was thrown into a Gothenburg apartment on Monday.
Boy, 8, dies in Swedish hand grenade blast
UPDATED: Police are investigating if an explosion which killed a child in Gothenburg suburb Biskopsgården on Monday morning is a revenge attack.
Two locked up for life over restaurant shooting
Two men involved in one of the most high-profile shootings in Sweden in recent years have been sentenced to life in jail.
Tension on first day of trial into Gothenburg shooting
UPDATED: The trial into one of the most high-profile shootings in Sweden in recent years got under way on Monday.
Eight charged over shooting at Gothenburg restaurant
Eight men are to stand trial over an attack at a restaurant in a Gothenburg suburb last spring that left two people dead in one of the most high-profile shootings in Sweden in recent years.
One injured after fresh shooting in Gothenburg
Swedish police say one person has been taken to hospital with multiple gunshot wounds after an attack in the Gamlestaden area of Gothenburg on Wednesday morning, just months after several high profile shootings took place in the city in western Sweden.
'Sweden has had gang problems since the '90s'
The fatal shooting in Gothenburg on Wednesday happened in a violent area one expert has compared to 'the Wild West'. The Local has quizzed Amir Rostami, a leading authority on Sweden's organized crime groups, who is based at Stockholm University.
Two dead after 20 shots fired in Gothenburg
Two men died after being shot in Gothenburg late Wednesday night, with witnesses reporting 20 shots being fired in the fatal shooting.