It was at 11.23pm on Tuesday evening that the police received a report of a shooting incident in Bagarmossen in the southern part of Stockholm. – We received that several shots had been fired. When we arrive four minutes later, we find a very injured boy, says Daniel Wikdahl, spokesperson for the Stockholm police to SVT. Once at the scene, the police found a teenager outside, with very serious injuries. Private persons at the scene had performed first aid until the police and the ambulance arrived, writes SVT. In the morning hours, the police report that the teenager died from his injuries. The police do not know if the incident is connected to gang crime. Photo: Mickan Mörk / TT / NTB He was sent to hospital, where he was confirmed dead on Wednesday night. The murdered boy was between 15 and 18 years old. The next of kin have been notified, the police said. The police searched the area with a helicopter and dogs, but by Wednesday night no one had been arrested after the shooting. Several shooting incidents In the same area, the police received a report of a possible shooting solution on Sunday as well. Several people were then seen running after a bang was heard, but the police found no one injured. After the last shooting at the site on the night of Wednesday, the police say that they will now see if there is a connection between the two cases. Later on Wednesday night, the police received a report of another shooting, this time indoors at a location north of Stockholm. A 35-year-old man was sent by ambulance helicopter to hospital. The extent of the damage is difficult to estimate, but he was awake when he was sent away, the police said. The police have not arrested anyone in this case either as of Wednesday morning. Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson during the EU summit in June. Photo: Geert Vanden Wijngaert / AP Unclear if it is gang crime Aftonbladet writes that it is unclear if the teenager is connected to the gang environment in Sweden. When Sweden’s Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson presented the government’s new strategy for national security on Monday, organized crime was precisely one of the focus areas. – We are toughening the penalties and increasing the resources of the judiciary and the police. We will also develop preventive work to prevent the recruitment of children and young people. According to SVT’s overview of shooting incidents in Sweden, there have been 113 shooting incidents in Sweden up to 4 July 2024. 31 people have been injured and 20 people have been killed as a result of the shootings. Many of these incidents have not been connected by the police to gang crime. Published 10.07.2024, at 08.30
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