Sweden: Three killed in Uppsala shooting

Three radical were killed connected Tuesday in a shooting successful the Swedishcity of Uppsala, adjacent Stockholm.

The shooting took spot successful Uppsala's center, 1 time earlier the metropolis celebrates a outpouring festival which 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.

Motive 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."

Gang-related violence

Sweden has seen a question of gang-related unit successful the past decade, with galore of the crimes beinag 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