One dead and three injured in Malmo shooting as bomb found outside primary school
ONE person has died and three others have been injured following a gun attack in Malmo just hours after a bomb was found outside a primary school.
Several people have been shot in a gun attack in Malmo
Witnesses reported hearing 20 gunshots fired in bursts of three during a football derby at around 7pm local time between Malmö FF and Helsingborgs IF on Sunday.
One eyewitness claimed the shots were fired by people in an Audi which drove off at high speed.
Police found shell casings at the scene in Censorgatan and say the suspects may have escaped by moped – four people were injured, including one who was shot in the head.
We have an ongoing operation in the area and have a confirmed shootings with more than one injured
Officers are treating the incident as attempted murder.
Police spokeswoman Ewa-Gun Westford said one person had died following the incident.
She said: “A young man had died from the injuries.”
A police helicopter in the area for the football match was deployed to search for the suspects.
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Several loud bangs were heard and witnesses told The Local that two people were then carried away to cars, which then fled the scene.
One witness said: “The feet were sticking out of the car windows.”
An explosion was then heard at Helenholm, a suburb of Malmo, at around 9pm local time, but this is now understood to have caused by fireworks.
Police were already on the scene in large numbers due to the football derby taking place
Police blocked off roads as they hunted for those responsible for the shooting
The unrest came only hours after a suspicious device was spotted outside a primary school in Gothenburg, stoking fears Sweden was being targeted by extremists.
Police have now confirmed the item they found was a bomb.
Spokesman Thomas Fuxborg said: “We suspect that it is a pipe bomb.
"We belive it was real, but I do not know how sharp it was, or how it would have been activated.”
The shooting in Censorsgaten took place half a mile away from the explosion in Heleneholm
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The official added there was currently no suspects in the incident.
The unrest comes as Swedish police have now labelled 55 areas as “no-go zones” as they continue to struggle with increasing levels of crime and violence.
Malmo has been struck by a series of car fires, which are also believed to have spread across to Denmark.