Sweden: Two injured in shopping center shooting; suspect arrested
Swedish police state that two people have been injured in a shooting at a shopping center in southern Malmö.
A suspect was arrested after the Friday afternoon shooting at the Emporia Mall, which police said appeared to be gang-related.
The police are on the scene with great resources to map out the incident by interviewing witnesses and reviewing footage from surveillance cameras. The immediate danger to the public seems to be over, says the Malmö police.
Shootings by criminal gangs have become a growing problem in Sweden in recent decades, including in Malmö, the country’s third largest city. Gang violence is among the main campaign issues ahead of Sweden’s national election on September 11.
Last month, a gunman opened fire in a shopping center on the other side of the Oresund strait in the Danish capital, Copenhagen. Three people were killed and four were injured. Police said the suspect in the shooting, a 22-year-old Danish man, apparently chose his victims at random.
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