Denmark to pressure Sweden over gang violence

FILE PHOTO: Police officers work on the scene after a person was shot and died at Skarholmen in southern Stockholm, Sweden, April 10, 2024. Oscar Olsson/TT News Agency/via REUTERS/File Photo

STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - Denmark will put pressure on Sweden to contain growing cross-border gang violence, including armed Swedish teenagers acting as "child soldiers" in turf wars, the Danish justice minister said on Monday.

Denmark has seen a rise in violence on its soil by Swedish gang members in recent months and says the trend is a spillover from its northern neighbour which has by far the highest per capita rate of gun violence in the European Union.