Police say a homicide investigation has been launched after a lethal capturing within the Swedish metropolis of Uppsala.
At the very least three folks have been killed in a capturing within the Swedish metropolis of Uppsala, police say.
In a press release on Tuesday, police mentioned that they had obtained calls from members of the general public who heard noises that seemed like gunshots being fired close to Vaksala Sq. within the centre of the town, about 60km (37 miles) north of the capital Stockholm.
Emergency companies had been on the scene and a homicide investigation has been launched, police added.
Sweden’s public tv station SVT mentioned the suspect had fled on a scooter.
The circumstances surrounding the capturing stay unclear, and there was no fast indication of motive.
Police additionally didn’t present any particulars concerning the alleged perpetrator.
The Nordic nation has suffered from a wave of gang-related violence for greater than a decade that has included an epidemic of gun violence.
A right-wing minority authorities got here to energy in 2022 on a promise to sort out gang-related violence.
In February, 10 folks had been killed within the metropolis of Orebro in Sweden’s deadliest ever mass shooting, which noticed a 35-year-old unemployed loner open hearth on college students and lecturers at an grownup training centre.
Uppsala is the fourth-largest metropolis in Sweden with a inhabitants of about 230,000 folks.
