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Two shot in Gothenburg drug bust

Two men are being treated in hospital after they were shot by police in Gothenburg on Thursday evening.

Published: 7 November 2008 12:42 CET

A police officer opened fire after a car was pulled over in the Hisingen district during a planned operation. A total of five men were arrested.

“A policeman felt under threat from one of the people in the car and fired a shot that injured two people,” police spokeswoman Pia Goksöyr told the TT news agency.

The men’s injuries are not life-threatening, according to the police.

Four of the men arrested in the raid are being held on suspicion of serious narcotics offences. A fifth man has been released.

Police have said they will launch an internal investigation to ascertain whether the officer acted appropriately when he opened fire on the suspects.

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Suspects held after 38-year-old shot dead on Södermalm in Stockholm

Several people are being held after a man in his 40s was shot dead in Stockholm's Södermalm district.

Published: 7 May 2024 06:23 CEST
Suspects held after 38-year-old shot dead on Södermalm in Stockholm

The shooting happened at around 6.20pm on Monday evening and a huge police operation was immediately launched.

Police cordoned off the area around Helgalunden on Allhelgonagatan, which is close to the busy Götgatan street, Skanstull metro station and the Internationella Engelska Gymnasiet high school.

Sweden’s public broadcaster SVT reports that the victim is a 38-year-old man with links to gang crime, although police said it was too early to say whether the shooting was connected to a gang conflict.

Swedish tabloid Aftonbladet reports that one of the suspects is a man in his 20s, with a police record of a series of minor offences but no violent crime convictions. Police said there were other people in custody too, but declined to say what they were suspected of.

Roughly where the man was shot. Screenshot: Google Maps

The shooting happened in front of several witnesses.

“I live 50 metres from the scene and ran downstairs with a blanket and first aid kit. It was nice seeing so many people already there trying to save a life,” a witness told SVT.

“This happened in the middle of the day near the metro where there are a lot of people. This is otherwise a safe area. At the same time, it’s sad no matter where shootings happen.”

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