Lock, Stockholm, and Two Smoking Barrels

“Sweden is in the grip of a rise in gang violence and shootings that has taken citizens and leaders by surprise. In the words of the prime minister, Ulf Kristersson, this year: ‘Sweden has never before seen anything like this. No other country in Europe is seeing anything like this.'” The trend is related to poverty, the economic divide, and immigration patterns. You can guess which of those will garner the most political attention. How gang violence took hold of Sweden – in five charts.