God morgon. The prime minister of Sweden is calling in the army to help tackle an “unprecedented” epidemic of gang violence and “terrorist-like” attacks that has seen a record 11 people die in shootings in September alone and a wave of bomb attacks – including four within a single hour.
It might not be what we in Britain expect in Scandinavia, but maybe we should have seen it coming – the issue has dominated Swedish politics for the last few years and partly led to the country last year electing the most far-right government in its history.
