Denmark’s Justice Minister Denounces Gangs Hiring Swedish Teens to Carry out Shootings

Published on August 13, 2024

Denmark’s justice minister has denounced organized criminal gangs hiring Swedish teenagers to carry out deadly shootings on Danish soil on Monday, saying it “reflects a totally sick, depraved culture of violence.” Peter Hummelgaard said that since April, there have been 25 instances involving young Swedes being hired by Danes to commit crimes across the Øresund strait. Hummelgaard was reacting after Danish government-owned broadcaster TV2 showed him a printout from an encrypted Swedish chat of people seeking hitmen to gun down named people in Denmark, along with a price list ranging from 300,000 to 500,000 kronor ($28,500 to $47,500). “It’s terrifying in every way and it makes me angry. Really, really angry,” the justice minister said, adding he would “put pressure on Sweden so that they also take responsibility for these things.”...

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