European police investigate adolescent contract killers and violent crimes
European authorities are investigating a wave of violent crime, including teenage hitmen in Germany and Sweden alongside severe violent incidents in Spain and France.
European law enforcement authorities are confronting a rise in juvenile gang violence and domestic homicides across several nations.
In Germany, police intercepted a 13-year-old Dutch minor armed with a firearm who had traveled across the border. Investigators suspect a rival gang linked to Hamburg's motorcycle groups recruited the teenager. Concurrently, Swedish officials reported an influx of adolescent contract killers recruited via online platforms, utilizing electric scooters to escape crime scenes.
In Spain, Madrid police are investigating the shooting of a well-known burglar who sustained five gunshot wounds in Puente de Vallecas before being dropped off at a local hospital. Spanish authorities are also examining two separate homicides of women occurring hours apart in Arganzuela and Leganés. Furthermore, French prosecutors launched a murder-suicide investigation after a father shot his wife and two young children before killing himself in northeastern France.
Sources: Canarias7, El Día, El Mundo, La Vanguardia, Marca.
Sources
- El Día — Mueren tiroteados en Francia cuatro miembros de una familia, incluidos dos niños de seis y nueve años
- La Vanguardia — Asesinadas el sábado dos mujeres en la Comunidad de Madrid con dos horas de diferencia
- Marca — Cinco disparos, una persecución y un abandono en el hospital: el violento ataque a 'El Niño' en Madrid
- Canarias7 — Detienen en Alemania a un neerlandés de 13 años contratado para un asesinato
- El Mundo — Los sicarios adolescentes que sacuden Suecia: anuncios para asesinar por 90.000 euros y cada vez más ciudades afectadas
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