Three people were killed in the shooting in the Swedish city uppsali, the police confirmed.
The shooting occurred on the hair salon near Vaksal Square in the city center, the local media reported. The shooter, who escaped on a scooter, is still on the run, according to reports.
Police officers codoned from a large area and the investigation of the murder is being investigated.
The incident occurred on the eve of the spring festival of Walpurgis, which brings large crowds on UPPSALA streets, the city located north of Stockholm capital, and known for its university.
“Everything happened so fast. He just went bang, bang, bang,” the witness told the Swedish channel TV4.
Another man said he was cooking at home when he heard “two bangs that sounded a little like fireworks” out outside on the street.
He told Swedish television that “very surprised and scared” and soon after “Royal Police and Ambulance” began to block from the street and telling people to return.
The main effort for finding the shooter is in progress, with a police helicopter who joined the search, Magnus Jansson Klarin said for TV4.
Training services were stopped in the area to stop the perpetrator using them to escape, said mr. Klarin, but they continued now.
Meanwhile, the Minister of Justice Gunnar Strömmer said TV4 that the “brutal act of violence” had happened.
The identity of the victims and the shooter is still not clear. But concerns about the number of shootings and gangs of attacks in recent years in Sweden, and the government said that he wants to tighten the laws on the gun in the country.
In February, 10 people were killed in the shooting in the Adult Education Center In the Swedish city of Orebro.
2025-04-29 18:32:00