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Outcry in Sweden After Drive-By Shooting Kills 12-Year-Old

Outcry in Sweden After Drive-By Shooting Kills 12-Year-Old
Flowers and candles are placed near where a twelve-year-old girl was shot and killed near a petrol station in Botkyrka, south of Stockholm, Sweden, Aug. 2, 2020. Ali Lorestani//TT via AP Photo
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COPENHAGEN, Denmark—The Swedish government vowed on Tuesday to find the perpetrators of a drive-by shooting that killed a 12-year-old girl in what authorities said appears to be the latest violence from suburban feuds between criminal gangs fighting over territory.

<span style="font-family: 'Verdana',sans-serif; color: #2c2c2c;">Police work at the site where a 12-year-old girl was shot and killed near a petrol station in Botkyrka, south of Stockholm, Sweden, onAug. 2, 2020. (Naina Helén Jåma/TT via AP Photo)</span>
Police work at the site where a 12-year-old girl was shot and killed near a petrol station in Botkyrka, south of Stockholm, Sweden, onAug. 2, 2020. (Naina Helén Jåma/TT via AP Photo)
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