# @cgtneurope on Instagram

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- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DZc1_JmlIGv
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/66728594-cgtneurope-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2026-06-11T15:30:15.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** CGTN Europe (@cgtneurope) — https://gondola.cc/cgtneurope

## Caption

The Swedish government announced on Thursday that it will drop plans to lower the age of criminal responsibility to 13, following a lack of support from parliament.⁣
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Gunnar Strommer, Justice Minister of the centre-right government, instead said that new legislation would be introduced to set the limit at 14 years old. The current age of criminal responsibility in Sweden is 15 years.⁣
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The plans come as Sweden grapples with a surge in gang crime and shooting, with the government struggling to stop the recruitment of younger teens and children to carry out crimes. ⁣
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The government ​had ⁠planned to lock up children as young as 13 in special prison units, instead of the current system of youth homes.⁣
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#Sweden #GangCrime #CriminalResponsibility⁣

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sweden, criminalresponsibility, gangcrime

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