Suspect arrested after Uppsala shooting that killed three, injured several
The Swedish police arrested a man on Wednesday, linked to the shooting that claimed the lives of three people and injured several others the previous night.
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The Swedish police arrested a man on Wednesday, linked to the shooting that claimed the lives of three people and injured several others the previous night.
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00:00The Swedish police arrested a man on Wednesday linked to the shooting that claimed the lives of three people and injured several others the previous night.
00:08The shooting took place on Tuesday night in Uppsala, a city near Stockholm.
00:13Police later launched a manhunt after the perpetrator fled the scene.
00:17According to the police, they have not yet identified the motive of the attack and further indicated that the incident was not an act of terrorism or a hate attack.
00:26However, according to the public broadcaster SVT, one of the deceased is a man who was under investigation for plotting an attack targeting a relative of gang leader Ismail Abdo.
00:38Sweden has grappled with gang violence for years with frequent shootings and bombings.
00:43The mass shooting on February 4, 2025 at a campus in Sweden profoundly impacted the immigrant community.
00:49The attacker Richard Andersson, who is a 35-year-old Swedish national, killed 10 individuals before taking his own life.
00:57Most victims were immigrants striving to build new lives in Sweden.