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Swedish cops arrest teen for mall shooting

By AAP Newswire

Aug 20, 2022

Police cordon off the Emporia shopping centre in Malmo, Sweden. — Police officers cordon off the area of a shooting outside a shopping centre in Malmo, Sweden. -AP

A teenage boy has been arrested in Sweden for killing one person and injuring another in a shooting at a shopping centre in the southern city of Malmo.

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A man died from his injuries and a woman is being treated in the hospital after the incident at the Emporia centre, the police said.

"The immediate danger to the public is judged to be over," the police said in a statement

"At present, the incident is considered to be connected to the criminal environment."

The police were on the scene questioning witnesses and going through material from surveillance cameras.

Murders due to gang violence have been on the rise in Sweden, with the unrest topping voters' concerns ahead of elections next month.

So far this year, 44 people have been shot dead in Sweden, almost all of them in connection with suspected gang crime, according to police. That compares to 46 for the whole of 2021.

Police said they had cordoned off the area and asked the public to avoid the shopping centre.

By AAP Newswire

Australian Associated Press