Award-Winning Teenage Rapper Shot to Death in Sweden

Award-Winning Teenage Rapper Shot to Death in Sweden
Swedish rapper Einar poses for a photograph on Nov. 8, 2019. Jessica Gow/TT News Agency via AP
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STOCKHOLM—An award-winning 19-year-old Swedish rapper was shot to death in southern Stockholm in an incident that media reports on Friday said was likely to be gang-related.

The case has shocked the Swedish entertainment world and highlighted what officials said was the urgent need to deal with growing criminal gang activity in the Nordic country.