Police vans set alight by protesters during anti-immigration rally in Orebro, Sweden (FILE PHOTO). (Image: Getty)
reportedly has as many as 61 “no-go” zones, where police cannot carry out their duties, it’s been claimed.
So-called “no-go zones” are urban areas allegedly so overrun by violence that even law enforcement officers are instructed not to patrol there.
Data published last year showed that gang violence has escalated to the point where its homicide rate linked to warfare between organised criminal groups is now one of the biggest in Europe.
Figures reveal that, on average, there is one shooting per day for every 10 million inhabitants, and as many as 53 people were shot dead in 2023.
In a post to his X social media account, the blogger Dr Maalouf posted a video that allegedly shows a crowd of migrants in a Swedish city attacking police vehicles.
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There are 61 ‘no-go zones’ in Sweden, where even the police do not dare to enter.
— Dr. Maalouf (@realMaalouf)
The crowd can be heard shouting “Allahu Akbar” as one person stands on the roof of a police van.
Another police vehicle can be seen speedily driving away. It is unclear what the incident was about, how it was provoked and where it occurred.
In a written attachment to his post, Dr Maalouf says: ” now has 61 ‘no-go zones’ where the police basically have given up and allow what they call ‘parallel societies’.”
He adds: ” has recently elected a new Government that is promising to deport more and cut off the fake refugee issue.
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“We will see if the can turn it around. It might be too late.”
A senior police officer in Stockholm denied there are any ‘no-go zones” in the country and said gang violence predated the arrival of migrants.
Erik Akkerland, the Chief Superintendent of Botkyra Municipality, told : “I’ve been working in the most vulnerable areas of Stockholm for 18 years.
“We don’t have a no-go zone in , in my opinion we don’t have a no-go zone in Sweden.
“We can go there anytime of the day and the evening or the night and do are job, and we do.”
He added: “The conflicts I can see where violence is used and where we seize the most guns and the most narcotics and the most money that’s not people who came here as migrants.”
In December, Swedish police also said the country’s violent crime statistics were finally improving.
Police said they had prevented more than 100 serious crimes this year, resulting in a marked decrease in shootings and shooting deaths.