Swedish Prime Minister rebuffs Orbán’s child assassin claims as "outrageous lies”

Published on 15/09/2025 - 13:31 GMT+2

Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson has publically rebuffed a station connected societal media level X by his Hungarian counterpart, Viktor Orbán, alleging that Swedish transgression gangs are exploiting and forcing underage girls to beryllium assassins.

Orbán had posted a video citing a German paper study from Die Welt astir Swedish gangs recruiting teenage girls to perpetrate convulsive crimes specified arsenic murders oregon bombings.

“The Swedish authorities lectures america astir the regularisation of law. Meanwhile, according to an nonfiction by Die Welt, transgression networks are exploiting Swedish children arsenic killers, knowing the strategy won’t convict. A state erstwhile known for bid & information is present collapsing: implicit 280 underage girls arrested for murder, families surviving successful fear. It’s heartbreaking. The Swedish radical merit better!” Orbán wrote.

“These are outrageous lies," Ulf Kristersson deed backmost successful his ain station connected X, adding: "Not surprising, coming from the antheral who is dismantling the regularisation of instrumentality successful his ain country. Orbán is hopeless up of the upcoming Hungarian election."

German paper study ignites debate

According to the German newspaper, teenage girls are progressively recruited successful Sweden by gangs to perpetrate crimes. The study said that Stockholm's ruling conjugation is considering lowering the property of transgression work to 13 years arsenic a result.

According to Die Welt, past year, astir 280 underage girls were investigated for murder, manslaughter, oregon convulsive crimes.

The paper recalls that Sweden has struggled with an explosion in transgression successful caller years. The gangs liable dwell mostly of young men with a migrant background, warring for power of the cause market, the insubstantial claimed.

Earlier,  Swedish Justice Minister Gunnar Strömmer warned that the engagement of young girls successful transgression circles is overmuch much wide than was assumed.

Swedish-Hungarian leaders astatine likelihood implicit regularisation of law

The leaders of the 2 nations person been astatine likelihood for years: Stockholm is simply a fierce professional of the Hungarian regularisation of instrumentality concern successful narration to a scope of issues, including the prohibition of a cheery pridefulness march.

In response, Hungary, unneurotic with Türkiye, blocked Sweden's NATO accession for astir 2 years aft the Nordic state applied to the confederation aft the commencement of the full-scale penetration of Ukraine by Russia.

Sweden joined NATO successful 2024, aft the Hungarian Parliament yet ratified the Swedish bid.