European police investigate wave of gang violence and homicides across continent
European authorities are probing a surge in violent crimes, including teenage contract killers in Sweden and Germany, alongside fatal domestic violence cases in France and Spain.
European police are investigating a series of violent incidents, highlighting gang-related contract killings and domestic homicides across several countries.
In Germany, authorities detained an armed 13-year-old Dutch boy allegedly hired by a gang feuding with Hamburg's Hells Angels. In Sweden, law enforcement faces a growing trend of teenage contract killers recruited online using electric scooters for escapes.
Meanwhile, Spanish authorities in Madrid are probing the non-fatal shooting of a prominent burglar in Puente de Vallecas, alongside two separate homicides of women occurring hours apart on Saturday. In northeastern France, prosecutors opened a murder-suicide investigation after a father fatally shot his wife and two young children before taking his own life.
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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