COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Sweden’s Foreign Ministry stated authorities summoned the Iraqi chargé d’affaires Friday to oppose versus death sentences bied far to Swedes in Iraq.
Swedish media reported in current days that 2 Swedes have actually been sentenced to death in Iraq after being founded guilty of eliminating a member of criminal gang there. On Friday, Sweden’s news company TT mentioned the foreign ministry in Stockholm’s verification that a minimum of someone with a Swedish passport has actually gotten a death sentence.
“We condemn using the capital punishment. We oppose it constantly, all over and no matter the scenarios,” Sweden’s Foreign Minister Tobias Billström stated in a declaration.
He stated authorities communicated Sweden’s demonstrations at the conference and required that the sentences not be imposed.
TT reported that another 2 Swedes have actually been apprehended for supposed participation in the murder of a criminal in Iraq.
The killing previously this year is thought to be connected to an internal gang war in between 2 Swedish groups that has actually led to many killings and tried murders, some happening outdoors Sweden. The Foxtrot network and its competitor, Rumba, have actually for years been associated with lethal fights.
Sweden has actually faced gang violence for several years and criminal gangs typically hire teens in socially disadvantaged immigrant communities to perform hits. Swedish cops taped 109 shootings up until now this year, consisting of 14 deadly shootings. In 2015, 53 individuals were eliminated and 109 were injured in an overall of 363 shootings.