Teen girls are being used as hitwomen in Sweden's organized crime wars: "Young kids are thirsty for blood"

world • 9/5/2025

Some 280 girls aged between 15 and 17 were charged with murder, manslaughter or other violent crimes last year in Sweden.

Teenage girls are hiring themselves out as hitwomen in Sweden's organized crime wars, keen to prove they are more deadly and ruthless than young men, prosecutors say. "I had a case involving a 15-year-old girl recruited to shoot someone in the head,"... [5913 chars]