{"id":294428,"date":"2025-04-30T20:09:25","date_gmt":"2025-04-30T20:09:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2025\/04\/30\/swedish-police-arrest-16-year-old-after-three-are-killed\/"},"modified":"2025-04-30T20:09:25","modified_gmt":"2025-04-30T20:09:25","slug":"swedish-police-arrest-16-year-old-after-three-are-killed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2025\/04\/30\/swedish-police-arrest-16-year-old-after-three-are-killed\/","title":{"rendered":"Swedish Police Arrest 16-Year-Old After Three Are Killed"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align:center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i3.wp.com\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2025\/04\/30\/multimedia\/30sweden-shooting-1-jbth\/30sweden-shooting-1-jbth-facebookJumbo.jpg?ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Swedish Police Arrest 16-Year-Old After Three Are Killed\" title=\"Swedish Police Arrest 16-Year-Old After Three Are Killed\" \/><\/div><p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-0\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">A 16-year-old boy was arrested on suspicion of murder in Sweden, the authorities said on Wednesday, after three people were fatally shot the day before, in the latest blow to a country grappling with high levels of gun violence compared to its European peers.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The three victims were found in a hair salon in the city of Uppsala, about 43 miles from Stockholm, the capital. They were between 15 and 20 years old, according to the police, but have not been publicly identified.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The motive was unclear, but the police, which said they responded to reports of \u201cloud bangs\u201d shortly after 5 p.m. on Tuesday, said they were investigating if the shooting had been gang-related. <\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cWe can\u2019t say that it has a clear connection to any gang conflict at the moment, but it\u2019s one of the ideas that we are working particularly intensively on,\u201d Erik Akerlund, head of the Uppsala police and of the special incident command, <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.svt.se\/nyheter\/lokalt\/uppsala\/en-person-gripen-misstankt-for-inblandning-i-trippelmordet-i-uppsala\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">said<\/a> at a news conference on Wednesday morning.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-1\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The teenage suspect, who was not identified, had recently run away from a group home for children, Magnus Berggren, Uppsala\u2019s deputy chief prosecutor, said during a news conference later on Wednesday. <\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Sweden\u2019s prime minister, Ulf Kristersson, condemned the shooting as \u201ca terrible act\u201d and lamented that \u201cbrutal and ruthless violence is once again shaking our country.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Despite its reputation for a high standard of living, Sweden has been plagued by one of the higher <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/dataunodc.un.org\/dp-intentional-homicide-victims\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">rates<\/a> of gun violence in the European Union, and violent crime has been on the <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2022\/09\/10\/world\/europe\/sweden-election.html\" title=\"\">rise<\/a> in recent years. The country <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/02\/05\/world\/europe\/sweden-orebro-shooting.html\" title=\"\">experienced<\/a> its worst mass shooting in February, when a man open fired on an adult education center, <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/02\/04\/world\/europe\/sweden-school-shooting.html?searchResultPosition=3\" title=\"\">killing 10 people<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Factors like the suspect\u2019s age indicate that the shooting may be connected to gangs, said Diamant Salihu, an investigative journalist for the Swedish public service broadcaster, SVT, and the <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.politybooks.com\/bookdetail?book_slug=when-nobodys-listening-inside-swedens-drug-gangs--9781509564637\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">author of two books about gang violence and criminal networks<\/a> in Sweden.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cDuring the past decade, we have seen an escalation of deadly shootings,\u201d Mr. Salihu said. \u201cMore recently, the change is that there are very many young shooters who do it for payment and status,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-2\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The shooting occurred ahead of the Walpurgis celebrations, where Swedes celebrate the beginning of spring with public bonfires. 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