STOCKHOLM: Two individuals had been injured on Friday (Aug 15) in a capturing close to a mosque within the Swedish metropolis of Orebro, in what was possible a case of gang-related crime, police mentioned.
Each victims had been taken to hospital, a police spokesperson instructed Reuters. He declined to touch upon the extent of their accidents.
Police mentioned the case was being investigated as tried homicide and that they had been searching for a suspect, though there have been no instant arrests.
Sweden has suffered a wave of gang-related violence for greater than a decade, and investigators mentioned the most recent capturing may very well be an analogous case.
“Primarily based on the present state of affairs concerning the capturing in Orebro, the incident is believed to be linked to the legal community setting,” the police mentioned in an announcement with out elaborating.
In February, 10 college students and lecturers had been killed in a capturing in Orebro, some 200km west of Stockholm, in what turned Sweden’s deadliest gun assault.
The perpetrator within the February capturing was a former pupil who additionally killed himself and was not related to legal gangs. Investigators discovered no clear motive within the case.
