A 15-year-old boy was killed and three others were injured in a shooting in the Swedish capital Stockholm on June 10.
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| Swedish police at a location after a shooting in Farsta, south of Stockholm on June 10. (Source: AFP) |
According to local police, the motive for the incident has not yet been determined.
Stockholm police spokesman Towe Hagg said police received reports of a shooting near a square in southern Stockholm early evening local time, and found two people with gunshot wounds at the scene.
Nearby, police also found two other injured people. One teenage boy died, while the others were taken to hospital.
The police statement also said the remaining injured included a 15-year-old male teenager, a man and a woman between the ages of 45 and 65.
Two men were arrested after a chase that lasted about an hour after the shooting. Police are investigating the case as murder and attempted murder.
On June 9, three other people were also injured in two separate shootings in the Stockholm area.
According to police data, in 2022, Sweden recorded 391 shootings, of which 62 resulted in fatalities.
On the night of June 18, 2018, a shooting occurred in the city center of Malmo in southern Sweden, injuring at least four people.
Malmo has become a "black address" in Sweden with a recent wave of rising crime, notably gang crime and ethnic violence.
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