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- Judith Bergman: Sweden's Victimized Children
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by Judith Bergman • February 26, 2020 at 5:00 am
"The suspects are also victims in some sense, but this is still something we have to deal with, that children also commit crimes". — Police Chief Carin Götblad, Expressen, February 5, 2020.
Parents are afraid to report the crimes committed by other children against their children... In August 2019, 13-year-old Filip and his family had no other choice than to move from the city of Uppsala after a gang of minors made his life there unbearable. He was abused, robbed and his life was threatened by gangs, with Swedish authorities telling him not to report it to the police as this would make things "worse" for him.
Last year there were 257 reports of explosions -- including attempted explosions -- an increase of 59% compared to 2018, according to SVT Nyheter. Yet, only seven people have been convicted for any of those 257 crimes.
"For the first time now, more crimes -- in absolute terms -- are committed by persons of foreign background than by persons of Swedish origin... The most crime-prone population subgroup are people born [in Sweden] to two foreign-born parents". — Report by Det Goda Samhället ("The Good Society"), summer of 2019.
Recently, children found explosive material hidden in a sandbox in the Sorgenfri elementary school in Malmö, Sweden, according to Sveriges Radio. Last year there were 257 reports of explosions in Sweden -- including attempted explosions -- an increase of 59% compared to 2018, according to SVT Nyheter. Yet, only seven people have been convicted for any of those 257 crimes. Pictured: Police inspect the damage caused by an explosion in central Stockholm on January 13, 2020. (Photo by Anders Wiklund/TT News Agency/AFP via Getty Images)
The number of children who rob other children has increased by 100% in only four years, according to a new study by Swedish police about reported violent crimes in which children under the age of 15 are both the victims and the perpetrators. In 2016, there were 1,178 robberies against children under 18 years of age. In 2019, the number had increased to 2,484. The number of violent crimes where the suspect is a child under 15 years of age has also gone up dramatically: In 2015, there were 6,359 reported violent crimes where the suspect was a child under 15. In 2019, that number had increased to 8,719 reported violent crimes.
The crimes involve "Violence to the head, kicks, gun threats, burning with lighters, threats to kill, threats to bomb the school, stabbings with food knives, bites and children who have been scratched, dragged, thrown and locked up by other children".
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