Why are young men in Sweden shooting each other?
Young men with Kalashnikovs have upset the Swedish sense of security
IT WAS supposed to be a sneaky afternoon cigarette break. Then a gunman in black appeared and shot 15-year-old Robin Sinisalo in the head. His older brother Alejandro was shot four times. Robin died immediately on the doorstep of his home in north-west Stockholm. Alejandro was left in a wheelchair for life. Two years later, the boys’ mother, Carolina, says the police still have no leads.
This article appeared in the Europe section of the print edition under the headline “Gangs of Stockholm”
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