Shooting at Swedish shopping centre kills one and injures another

A shooting at Swedish shopping centre has killed one and injured another.

Swedish police said on Friday that one person has been killed and another wounded in a shooting at a shopping centre.

The incident happened at the Emporia shopping centre in the southern city of Malmö on Friday afternoon, which police said appeared to be linked to gang violence. 

Police received reports of multiple shots being fired at the shopping centre — one of the biggest in Scandinavia — shortly after 5:00 p.m. local time.

The shooting at Swedish shopping centre was related to gang violence

A man and woman were wounded in the attack, with the man later “succumbing to his injuries” in the evening, the police wrote on their website.  

The woman was still “being treated in hospital,” they added. Local authorities had earlier said she was in a critical condition. 

One suspect was arrested after the shooting at Swedish shopping centre, which police said appeared to be related to Malmö’s gangs. 

Emporia shopping centre is a gang hub

Police said they had arrested a teenager in connection with the shooting, which they claimed was an “isolated incident linked to criminal circles.” 

The police have ruled out any terrorist motivation for the shooting at the shopping centre but the investigation continues.

They were cries of fascist terrorism following eyewitnesses reports that a person opened fire randomly on people shopping in the mall. 

Shootings by criminal gangs have become a growing problem in Sweden in recent decades, including in Malmö, the country’s third-biggest city.

Gang violence is among the main campaign issues ahead of Sweden’s national election on 11 Sept.

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