Three people were killed in a shooting in the Swedish city of Uppsala on Tuesday and a murder investigation has been launched, police said. Police are searching for one suspected perpetrator, news agency TT reported. Police earlier said they had received calls from members of the public who heard gunshots in the city centre, and that emergency services had rushed to the scene. “Three people are confirmed dead after a shooting… The police are investigating the incident as a homicide,” investigators said in a statement. Witnesses told broadcaster SVT they had heard five shots and had seen people in the area running to take cover.
via reuters: Three people killed in shooting in Sweden, police say
siehe auch: Three people killed after shooting in Sweden. Three people have been killed in a shooting in the Swedish city of Uppsala, police have confirmed. The shooting took place at a hair salon close to Vaksala Square in the centre of the city, local media reported. The shooter, who fled on a scooter, is still on the run, according to the reports. Officers have cordoned off a large area and a murder investigation is under way. The incident happened on the eve of the Walpurgis spring festival, which brings large crowds onto the streets of Uppsala, a city located north of the capital Stockholm, and known for its university. “Everything happened so fast. It just went bang, bang, bang,” a witness told Swedish channel TV4. Another man said he was cooking at home when he heard “two bangs that sounded a bit like fireworks” going off outside on the street. He told Swedish television he was “very surprised and scared” and shortly after “swarms of police and ambulances” started blocking off the street and telling people to move back.