The shooting, which took place at lunchtime on Wednesday, is the second shopping centre shooting to take place in Sweden in just four days.
‘The alarm was raised at around 11am, police press spokesperson Anders Bryngelsson told the TT newswire. “One person was found shot in central Sollentuna."
He was unable to comment on the status of the person’s injuries or to give any details on their age or gender.
The shooting reportedly took place in the food court of the Sollentuna Centrum shopping centre. A woman working in a restaurant in the food court told TT that it had taken place just next to her workplace.
“There were two or three shots, ‘bang-bang’, really loud,” she said. “Everyone who was sitting here ran away.”
She didn’t see the shooting, although she said that security and police arrived on the scene afterwards and she had been told to stay at the scene while she waited to be interviewed as a witness.
According to the Aftonbladet newspaper, multiple ambulances as well as an ambulance helicopter were dispatched to the shopping centre, and two people were seen running away from the scene.
Police are still searching for possible suspects, but no arrests have been made.
This is the third shooting and second shopping centre shooting in Sweden to take place in just four days, with the first taking place in Kungsbacka in the south of the country on Sunday. Two 14-year-olds are suspected of murder and assisting an attempted murder in the Kungsbacka shooting.
Early on Monday, a man in his 50s was shot dead through his apartment window. A teenager born in 2007 is in detention suspected of his murder.
Justice Minister Gunnar Strömmer was in Kungsbacka on Wednesday following the events on Sunday. When TT newswire reached him following the Sollentuna shooting the same day, he described the situation as “serious”.
“The shootings in Kungsbacka, Malmö and Sollentuna over the last week confirm that we must not slow down in our fight against extreme violence,” he said.
He added that the justice department was in contact with police and was following the situation closely.
Sollentuna municipality is now working with police and other relevant parties to provide support to those in the area.
“The municipality’s support group has been activated and is on-site in Turebergshuset on the Tureberg square next to Sollentuna centrum for anyone in need of support after what has happened,” the municipality wrote on its website.
A support helpline will also be ready soon, the municipality said.
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