Three killed in shooting in Sweden, police launch murder investigation

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00:00Three people were shot dead in the Swedish city of Uppsala on Tuesday, prompting police

00:07to launch a homicide investigation.

00:09Authorities said there is no indication at this stage that the incident was related to

00:14terrorism or a hate crime.

00:16A police spokesperson told Reuters that witnesses reported seeing someone leaving the scene

00:21on an electric scooter.

00:23However, it remains unclear whether the individual was involved in the shooting, witnessed it,

00:28or is otherwise connected to the case.

00:30The victims have not yet been identified, and police declined to comment on a possible motive.

00:38Electric scooters have previously been used as a getaway method in gang-related shootings

00:43across Sweden.

00:44Yeah, it's obviously not so cool.

00:47We've lived in central Uppsala for two years, so it's not so cool to know that you can

00:51when you want to end up in any other conflict on the street, because this is in central Uppsala.

00:59Swedish Justice Minister Gunnar Strummer said his ministry was in close contact with law enforcement

01:05and was closely monitoring the situation.

01:08Witnesses told public broadcaster SVT they heard five gunshots and saw people fleeing the area

01:15to take cover.

01:16Several Swedish media outlets, including TT, reported that the shooting occurred near or

01:21inside a hair salon.

01:23he was in the area of the theater, and he was in close contact with the regiment,

01:27and he was outside in front Ha Valdez.

01:30He had been in close contact with the shooting at 9,900.

01:32He asked him to come back to a forest.

01:34So he had been interrupted by three gunshots.

01:36He ко is the

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