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Malmö Emergency Room Workers Say Gang Violence Putting Their Lives ‘at Risk’

by Chris Tomlinson Emergency room workers at hospitals in the Swedish city of Malmö have said that escalating gang violence has caused their work environment to become so dangerous that they feel their lives are at risk. A security officer who works in an emergency room in the heavily migrant populated southern Swedish city said the work environment had become increasingly dangerous for him and others. “We have been attacked by knives and we have seen people with guns. We put our lives at risk,” he told Swedish broadcaster SVT. Last week, local government officials and hospital executives met to discuss the issue of… View Article