On Tuesday, three people died in a shooting in the Swedish city of Uppsala, and a murder investigation was launched, police said.
Police are looking for an alleged author, the news agency TT reported.
Police said previously that they had received calls from public members who heard shots in the city center, and that emergency services had rushed to the scene.
“Three people are confirmed dead after a shooting […] Police are investigating the incident as homicide, ”the investigators said in a statement.
Witnesses told the station SVT They had heard five shots and seen people in the area running to cover themselves.
Ten people were killed in February in the Swedish city of Orebro in the most fatal mass shooting in the country, in which an unemployed 35 -year -old opened fire against students and teachers in an adult education center.
Sweden has suffered a wave of violence related to gangs for more than a decade that has included an epidemic of armed violence.
The right -wing minority government of the Nordic country came to power in 2022 with a promise to address violence related to gang.
He has squeezed the laws and has given more powers to the police, and after the Orange shooting, said he would try to harden the arms laws.
