India, Sept. 6 -- To prove they're as ruthless-if not more so-than their male counterparts, teenage girls are increasingly are hiring themselves out as hitwomen in Sweden's deadly gang wars.

Stockholm prosecutor Ida Arnell said more teenage girls are offering their services on encrypted platforms used by gangs, seeking out violent assignments.

"I had a case involving a 15-year-old girl recruited to shoot someone in the head," AFP news agency quoted Arnell. "She was able to choose the type of mission she wanted, in other words, to aim at the guy's door or his head. She chose the head," Arnell said.

The girl was arrested along with a 17-year-old male accomplice who pulled the trigger, leaving the target critically injured after being sho...