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One dead in Sweden shopping mall shooting

Woman, hurt in same attack still in hospital, police say

Updated 4 years ago · Published on 20 Aug 2022 9:30AM

One dead in Sweden shopping mall shooting
Police say they have arrested the suspected shooter in an incident at a shopping mall in Sweden yesterday, and have ruled out a possible terrorist motive saying it appears to be an isolated incident connected to criminal groups. – @sotiridi Twitter pic, August 20, 2022

MALMO – A man wounded in a shooting in a shopping centre in Sweden yesterday has died, police said, as a woman hurt in the same attack remains in hospital.

“The man has succumbed to his injuries,” police said in a statement, adding that the woman is receiving medical treatment.

Police earlier said they had arrested the suspected shooter in the incident in the southern city of Malmo. 

They ruled out a possible “terrorist” motive and said the shooting appeared to be “an isolated incident connected to criminal groups”. 

Local media quoted eyewitnesses as saying the suspect had shot indiscriminately into the crowd, but the police did not confirm this.

“We believe that the immediate danger is now over,” a police spokesman said. 

In July, three people were killed in a shooting in a shopping mall in the Danish capital of Copenhagen, around 30km from Malmo. – AFP, August 20, 2022

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