Again! Shooting in the middle of a Swedish department store kills one, injures 1 in police fend off terrorism
The AFP news agency reported that A gunman opened fire in the center of Emporia shopping mall. Malmo city center south of sweden on Friday (19 Aug) past local time The sound of about 20 gun shots terrified the shoppers in the mall who ran for their lives.
From the disclosure of the police stated that The shooting resulted in a man being wounded at the scene. later died And another woman injured in the same incident remains in hospital.
After the incident, officers arrested a young man suspected of being the gunman. But police have denied the possibility of terrorist motives. It states that the shooter appears to be associated with a criminal gang.
While local media cited witnesses to the incident, they said: The suspect fired indiscriminately into the crowd. But the police did not confirm this statement.
Previously in July Sweden recently suffered a mass shooting in a shopping mall in central Copenhagen. Which is about 30 km from the city of Malmo, the shooting incident resulting in 3 deaths.