Sweden: Suspect arrested after three killed in Uppsala

Swedish officials said they detained a 16-year-old fishy connected Wednesday, pursuing a shooting and sidesplitting of 3 radical astatine a hairsbreadth salon successful the central-eastern metropolis of Uppsala connected Tuesday. 

The shooting took spot successful Uppsala's halfway successful wide daylight, 1 time earlier the metropolis celebrates a outpouring "Valborg" festival that traditionally draws immoderate 100,000 visitors.

According to police, the onslaught was carried retired by a masked assailant, with media reporting helium managed to marque an flight portion riding a scooter.

Police questioning respective successful transportation to Uppsala shooting

"One idiosyncratic has been arrested suspected of murder," Swedish constabulary commandant Erik Akerlund said successful a media briefing. 

Several radical "considered of involvement successful the investigation" had been brought successful for questioning, Akerlund added. 

At slightest 1 of the killed had connections to organized pack crime, according to Swedish media, though the constabulary person not confirmed the reports yet. 

According to the police, the shooting incidental was "an isolated event," not linked to Valborg nighttime celebrations. 

Police sealed disconnected the country aft 3 radical were changeable deadImage: Fredrik Sandberg/TT News Agency/AP Photo/picture alliance

Motvie down deadly onslaught remains unclear

There was nary accusation to suggest the incidental was a violent onslaught oregon a hatred crime, section constabulary said, adding a homicide probe has been launched.

The victims are yet to beryllium identified, according to police, with respective media successful the state reporting the shooting took spot adjacent to a hairsbreadth salon.

Swedish Justice Minister Gunnar Strommer said his ministry is successful adjacent interaction with instrumentality enforcement authorities.

"A brutal enactment of unit has occurred successful cardinal Uppsala," Strommer said successful a statement, besides calling the incidental "extremely serious."

Sweden's gang-related violence

Sweden has seen a question of gang-related unit successful the past decade, with galore of the crimes being committed with guns, with the perpetrators often being nether the property of 15, the property of transgression work successful Sweden.

Police did not accidental whether the Tuesday shooting was an lawsuit of pack violence.

The state experienced its deadliest-ever wide shooting successful February arsenic a 35-year-old lone gunman opened occurrence astatine an big acquisition halfway successful the metropolis of Orebro, sidesplitting 10 people.

Earlier this month, 2 radical were killed successful a pack conflict successful Sweden's second-most populous metropolis of Gothenburg.

Edited by: Saim Dušan Inayatullah, Alex Berry