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Two dead in Gothenburg shooting

A massive police operation has been launched in northern Gothenburg after two people were shot dead shortly after midday on Monday.

Two dead in Gothenburg shooting

The shooting occurred in an apartment in Stora Höga in Stenungsund and police were called to the scene at 12.15pm.

According to a police spokesperson, a car occupied by one of those involved in the shooting was witnessed leaving the scene.

Police have classified the shooting as extraordinary and have called in units from across the area to assist in the search.

“We cross jurisdictions and are using all units, we are pooling all the resources that we have. We consider the incident to be very serious,” police spokesperson Stefan Gustafsson to news agency TT.

Police remain restrictive with regard to releasing details around the shooting, as well as the ongoing hunt for the perpetrators. No suspects had been apprehended by 2pm on Monday.

“We are searching several locations for the car which has been mentioned,” Gustafsson said.

Any potential motives for the shooting remain unclear.

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Red-green coalition takes power in Gothenburg

The Social Democrats, Green Party and Left Party have managed to oust the right-wing Moderates from power in Gothenburg, despite failing to strike a coalition deal with the Centre Party.

Red-green coalition takes power in Gothenburg

The Social Democrats, Left Party and Green Party will now take over the municipality with Jonas Attenius, group leader for the Social Democrats in the city, becoming the new mayor.

“We three parties are ready to together take responsibility for leading Gothenburg,” Attenius wrote to TT. “I am looking forward immensely to leading Gothenburg in the coming years.” 

The three parties will lead a minority government, with 40 out of 81 mandates, meaning it will dependent on mandates from the Centre Party to pass proposals. 

The three parties had hoped to bring the Centre Party into the coalition, but talks fell apart on Monday,  October 24th. 

“We our going into opposition, but our goal is to be an independent, liberal force, which can negotiate both to the left and to the right,” the party’s group leader in Gothenburg, Emmyly Bönfors told the Göteborgs-Posten newspaper. 

The end of talks in Gothenburg leave the Social Democrats leading coalition governments in all three of Sweden’s major cities, with Karin Wanngård appointed Mayor of Stockholm on October 17th. 

The Social Democrats had unbroken control in Malmö since 1994, after they regained power from the Moderates, who controlled the city from 1991-1994, and also from 1985-1988. 

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