the suspect of the murder of three people arrested – Liberation
In the aftermath of the drama, a first arrest. Swedish police announced on Wednesday April 30 at the start of the day having arrested a suspect After Tuesday afternoon shootingin which three people were killed.
« A person suspected of murder has been arrested »simply said a police official at a press conference, the day after the facts that took place in broad daylight in a Uppsala hair salon, about sixty kilometers north of Stockholm, and who shocked the country. The day before, the public channel SVT explained that a suspect had fled to scooter in the wake of the shooting.
According to the Swedish media, at least one of the victims, aged 15 to 20, had links with organized crime, which the police have not yet confirmed. Several people « Considered an interest in the investigation » are currently questioned, she said.
Sweden is trying to stem the wave of shootings and attacks on the explosive device carried out by rival gangs, especially for control of drug trafficking. The authors are more and more often adolescents who are engaged as a hitman because they are under 15, the age of criminal responsibility in Sweden. The police said in January that the number of shootings had decreased in 2024 for the second consecutive year, with 296 facts identified, a decrease of 20 % compared to the previous year.
Tuesday’s triple murder intervened on the eve of the Walpurgis celebrations, which take place this Wednesday, April 30 and which bring together more than 100,000 people each year, including many students, to mark the arrival of spring with joy fires. « What we know for the moment is that there is no danger for the population », had wanted to reassure the local police spokesman on Tuesday evening, ensuring that « People shouldn’t be afraid to come » to the festivities.
