https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Sweden in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed A total of 41 people were fatally shot in Sweden during 2019, a similar number to previous years, but the number of shootings in the largest cities fell significantly. https://www.thelocal.se/20200107/fewer-shootings-in-swedens-big-cities-in-2019 Tue, 07 Jan 2020 09:50:24 +0100 fewer-shootings-in-swedens-big-cities-in-2019 Two men have died after being shot outside a nightclub in central Norrköping in southeastern Sweden. https://www.thelocal.se/20191205/two-men-killed-in-shooting-outside-swedish-nightclub Thu, 05 Dec 2019 08:28:25 +0100 two-men-killed-in-shooting-outside-swedish-nightclub Sweden's king has spoken out about the fatal shootings of two women in Stockholm and Malmö this week, as a 19-year-old man was remanded on suspicion of being an accessory to the Malmö murder. https://www.thelocal.se/20190830/swedish-king-shares-worry-over-daylight-shooting-in-malm Fri, 30 Aug 2019 10:31:12 +0200 swedish-king-shares-worry-over-daylight-shooting-in-malm A man has been arrested in connection with the death of a woman in her 30s who was shot in Malmö on Monday morning. https://www.thelocal.se/20190827/one-arrested-after-malmo-gun-death Tue, 27 Aug 2019 10:14:30 +0200 one-arrested-after-malmo-gun-death Malmö police last Thursday called some of the city's most serious criminals to a secret meeting at the football stadium, hoping to bring an end to the tit-for-tat shooting plaguing the city. https://www.thelocal.se/20181016/malm-calls-gang-suspects-to-meeting-in-hope-to-stop-shootings Tue, 16 Oct 2018 16:50:40 +0200 malm-calls-gang-suspects-to-meeting-in-hope-to-stop-shootings Update: Police have made an arrest after a 22-year-old suffered serious injuries and a 20-year-old was killed in a shooting in Malmö. https://www.thelocal.se/20171201/one-dead-and-another-injured-in-malm-shooting Fri, 01 Dec 2017 09:36:45 +0100 one-dead-and-another-injured-in-malm-shooting 189 people have been injured in shootings in the Swedish capital over the past five years, double the number in Copenhagen, Oslo and Helsinki put together. Rising gang-related crime has been blamed for the violence. https://www.thelocal.se/20151102/stockholm-worst-nordic-city-for-gun-crime Mon, 02 Nov 2015 13:03:25 +0100 stockholm-worst-nordic-city-for-gun-crime Police in southern Sweden are appealing for witnesses after a 24-year old man was shot in a local cemetery in the early hours of Sunday morning. https://www.thelocal.se/20131110/man-shot-in-cemetery-attack Sun, 10 Nov 2013 13:50:00 +0100 man-shot-in-cemetery-attack Firearms are becoming more readily available in Sweden with smuggling increasingly difficult to control, according to the police. https://www.thelocal.se/20110525/33984 Wed, 25 May 2011 16:13:00 +0200 33984