Sweden: the toll rises after a shooting in a shopping center – Le Figaro

One of two people injured in a shooting at a shopping center in Malmö in southern Sweden has died, police said on Friday evening. A man and a woman were injured in the attack. “The man succumbed to his injuries,” police said on their website, adding that the woman was still “being treated in hospital.” Earlier in the evening, the regional health authorities had specified that the latter was in serious condition. The police also specified that they had arrested a teenager, suspected of being the author of the shooting. She said she considered the attack to be an “isolated incident linked to criminal circles” and ruled out terrorist motivation. Read also Sweden arrests a refugee suspected of terrorism According to testimonies collected by local media, a person allegedly opened fire randomly about the people present in the mall, information that the police have not confirmed. In July, the city of Copenhagen in Denmark and located about thirty kilometers from Malmö, was also the scene of a shooting in a shopping center, which left three dead. SEE ALSO – Mass shootings in the United States : arms manufacturer believes that these are “local problems”