SAO PAULO, SP (Folhapress)-A fire attack on a beauty salon in central Uppsala, Sweden, on Tuesday (29), killed at least three people, according to police, who began an investigation of the episode. The motivation is still uncertain.
The suspect fled on a scooter motorcycle and remains at large. A helicopter participates in the search and does not rule out that more people have acted. Witnesses told SVT public broadcaster to have heard five shots and seen people running to house in the region shortly after 5 pm local (12am in Brasilia).
The episode takes place on the eve of the Walpurgis Spring Festival, which attracts large crowds to the streets.
Several people had compatible firearm lesions, according to the BBC. The area was isolated, and the authorities began an investigation to investigate what happened.
Police spokesman Magnus Jansson Klarin told local press officers received several reports of branches in the region.
Swedish Justice Minister Gunnar Strommer said the Ministry of Justice was in close contact with the police and closely monitoring the consequences of the case.
“A brutal act of violence occurred in the center of Uppsala. This occurs at the same time that the entire city of Uppsala begins the night of Walpurgis. What happened is extremely serious,” he said in a statement.
The identities of the victims had not yet been confirmed at 8 pm local (15h of Brasilia) and their families had not been notified.
In recent years, the war gang war in Sweden has resulted in various deaths from accounts.
Perpetrators are increasingly younger, often hired as rent killers because they are under 15 years old, the age of criminal liability in Sweden.
Ten people died in February in the Swedish town of Orelro, in the deadliest shot in the country’s history, in which a 35 -year -old man opened fire against students and teachers in an adult education center.
The right -wing government of the Nordic country, which took power in 2022 with the promise of combating the problem, hardened the laws and granted more powers to the police. After the shooting in the ORRO, he said he would seek to reinforce laws on weapons.
In January, police reported that the number of shootings decreased for the second year in a row in 2024, with 296, a 20% reduction compared to the previous year.
