Police: Malmo shooting suspect is a 15-year-old boy

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-DW News

Malmo,
Aug
21:
Police
in
the
southern
Swedish
city
of
Malmo
said
Saturday
that
a
suspect
arrested
over
a
fatal
shooting
at
a
shopping
center
is
a
15-year-old
boy.

What
do
we
know
about
the
suspect?

The

Aftonbladet
newspaper
reported
that
the
unnamed
boy,
who
was
detained
a
short
time
after
Friday’s
shooting,
has
allegedly
been
involved
in
criminal
activity
for
several
years.

The
police,
school
and
healthcare
had
previously
submitted
several
reports
of
concern
about
him,

Aftonbladet
wrote.

The
paper
said
a
court
last
year
had
ordered
the
boy
to
be
taken
into
the
care
of
social
services,
due
to
his
behavior.

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1
dead,
6
shot
in
Northeast
Washington
DC
mass
shooting

Aftonbladet
said
the
young
suspect
fled
the
mall
in
a
taxi
after
the
shooting
but
was
later
picked
up
by
police.

He
has
denied
any
crimes,
according
to
the

Sydsvenskan
newspaper.

How
did
the
shooting
unfold?

Police
were
called
to
the
Emporia
shopping
mall
in
Malmo
on
Friday
afternoon
after
reports
of
gunfire.

A
31-year-old
man
was
wounded
in
the
incident
and
later
died
from
his
injuries.

A
female
passerby
was
also
wounded.
Her
injuries
are
serious
but
not
life
threatening.

The
mall
was
evacuated
and
police
said
they
questioned
witnesses
and
watched
video
surveillance
from
the
scene.

The
shooting
was
likely
a
targeted
killing,
Swedish
broadcaster
SVT
cited
local
police
chief
Petra
Stenkula
as
saying.

According
to
the
broadcaster,
the
police
assume
that
the
young
suspect
acted
alone
but
others
could
have
been
involved.

Aftonbladet
said
the
dead
victim
was
known
to
police
as
belonging
to
Malmo’s
gang
scene.

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killed
in
shooting
spree
targeting
homeless
people
in
British
Columbia

Sydsvenskan
reported
that
he
was
suspected
in
several
murders
and
bombings
and
had
a
bounty
on
his
head.

Gang-related
killings
on
the
rise

Murders
due
to
gang
violence
have
increased
this
year,
prompting
political
parties
to
make
crime
a
key
issue
in
next
month’s
election
campaign.

Police
figures
show
that
44
people
have
been
shot
dead
so
far
this
year,
almost
all
of
them
linked
to
gang
crime.

Police
chief
Stenkula
admitted
that
Malmo,
the
country’s
third
largest
city,
is
in
a
“spiral
of
violence.”

Following
the
latest
shooting,
the
head
of
Sweden’s
Centre
Party,
Annie
Loof,
complained
on
Twitter
about
a
“complete
indifference
to
human
life”
by
criminals.

In
July,
three
people
were
killed
in
a
shooting
in
a
shopping
mall
in
the
Danish
capital
of
Copenhagen,
around
30
kilometers
(18
miles)
from
Malmo.

Source: DW