Lee Duna@lemmy.nz to Global News@lemmy.zipEnglish · 2 years agoBuilding bombings and 14-year-old hitmen: Organized crime overwhelms Swedenenglish.elpais.comexternal-linkmessage-square70linkfedilinkarrow-up1104arrow-down111
arrow-up193arrow-down1external-linkBuilding bombings and 14-year-old hitmen: Organized crime overwhelms Swedenenglish.elpais.comLee Duna@lemmy.nz to Global News@lemmy.zipEnglish · 2 years agomessage-square70linkfedilink
minus-squareWolo@lemmy.wtflinkfedilinkarrow-up13arrow-down6·2 years agoWhich is kind of hilarious since Finland has a much higher murder rate than Sweden.
minus-squareExtremeDullard@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up20arrow-down4·edit-22 years ago“Much” higher is stretching it. According to Wikipedia, Sweden has a homicide rate of 1.1 per 100,000 in vs 1.2 for Finland. Meaning it would just take a couple of drunken Swedes with a fruit knife to put Sweden ahead.
minus-squareSlayer@infosec.publinkfedilinkarrow-up7·edit-22 years ago Sweden has a homicide rate of 1.2 per 100,000 in vs 1.1 for Finland. Sweden has 1.1 and Finland 1.2
minus-squareExtremeDullard@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up3·2 years agoYeah, the other way round 🙂 Fixed. Thanks!
minus-squareKbin_space_program@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down1·edit-22 years ago“Much higher” Notably, the murder rate in Sweeden and Finland is a full third below the lowest state in the US. And the US average is about 5 per 100k. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_U.S._states_and_territories_by_intentional_homicide_rate
Which is kind of hilarious since Finland has a much higher murder rate than Sweden.
“Much” higher is stretching it. According to Wikipedia, Sweden has a homicide rate of 1.1 per 100,000 in vs 1.2 for Finland.
Meaning it would just take a couple of drunken Swedes with a fruit knife to put Sweden ahead.
Sweden has 1.1 and Finland 1.2
Yeah, the other way round 🙂 Fixed. Thanks!
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“Much higher”
Notably, the murder rate in Sweeden and Finland is a full third below the lowest state in the US. And the US average is about 5 per 100k.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_U.S._states_and_territories_by_intentional_homicide_rate