Sweden has enjoyed a low crime rate for many years, but the Swedish crime rate is rising.
"Weapons from a faraway, long-ago war [Bosnia] are flowing into immigrant neighborhoods here, puncturing Swedes’ sense of confidence and security . . [G]ang-related assaults and shootings are becoming more frequent, and the number of neighborhoods categorized by the police as “marred by crime, social unrest and insecurity” is rising.
"Illegal weapons often enter Sweden over the Oresund Bridge, a 10-mile span that links the southern city of Malmo to Denmark. When it opened, in 2000, the bridge symbolized the unfurling of a vibrant, borderless Europe, but in recent years it has been more closely associated with smuggling, of people, weapons and drugs.
Daniel Zuniga, a Stockholm suburb resident, died a month ago because he picked up an M-75 hand grenade lying in the street. It was packed with plastic explosive and 3,000 steel balls. His wife, bicycling with him, was blown to the ground and injured.
Paulus Borisho was near the hand grenade explosion and says, "I am afraid for Europe."
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