The Swedish government vowed Tuesday to find the perpetrators of a drive-by shooting that killed a 12-year-old girl in what authorities said appears to be the latest violence from suburban feuds between criminal gangs fighting over territory. "If we don't stop the new recruitment of young people into the criminal circles, harsh measures will not mean anything,'' Home Affairs Minister Mikael Damberg told Swedish broadcaster SVT. "You feel a great anger toward the criminal gangs who show no empathy because their shootings affect others,'' Damberg said. Justice Minister Morgan Johansson promised ``more police and harsher sentences,'' and he told Swedish news agency TT on Monday that he felt ``disgust'' over the shooting. Swedish media say investigators think the gunfire that killed her was intended for two men with ties to a criminal gang.

Source: The Standard August 04, 2020 10:07 UTC