Teenager arrested after a triple murder in Sweden is released from hairdressing; 4 arrested men

TO 16 -year game arrested in Sweden After a shooting that killed three young people he is no longer suspicious and has been released, and four men have been arrested, prosecutors said on Friday.

“The suspicions against the 16 -year -old have weakened during his time in custody. It is no longer suspected that a crime,” said prosecutor Andreas Nyberg in a statement.

Two men of around 25 and 35 years were arrested on Thursday suspicious of “incitement to murder”, while a third 20 -year -old man was arrested during the night from Thursday to Friday suspicious murder, said the statement.

A fourth man of around 45 years was arrested on Friday, also suspected of incitement to murder.

Three young people aged 15 to 20 were killed in Tuesday’s shooting in broad daylight to a hairdresser in the center of Uppsala, about 45 miles north of Stockholm.

The shooting surprised Sweden in the midst of the growing concern for the violence of the gangs, although the police have not confirmed that the shooting was related to the gangs.

Swedish media reported that at least one of the dead had connections with a criminal gang, although the police have not confirmed those reports.

Prime Minister Ulf Kristerson, described the shooting “an extremely violent act” on Wednesday, saying that it seemed “an execution.”

Uppsala is the basis of operations of the two most notorious gangs, Rumba and Newstrot of Sweden.

Its leaders, Ismail Abdo and Rawa Majid, are now believed that they are orchestrating operations from abroad. A new violent chapter in Sweden gangs wars began when Abdo’s mother was killed in 2023 at her home in Uppsala, BBC reported.

Recent violence in Sweden

Sweden has fought for years to control gang conflicts, which has led to frequent shootings and bombings throughout the country that have occasionally claimed innocent victims.

Last week, a mother and her little son were seriously injured when a homemade bomb passed her home, the media reported, adding that a neighbor suspect with ties with criminal gangs had been the real target.

In early April, two people died in an alleged gang fight in Gothenburg, while a Renowned fast was shot dead in a gang battle in the city in December.

Perpetrators are often young adolescents hired as contract murderers because they are less than 15 years old, the age of criminal responsibility in Sweden.

The Swedish government has proposed a new legislation that would allow the police to cable children under 15 in an attempt to stop violence, according to the BBC.

In the country of 10.6 million people, 92 murders were recorded in 2024, 29 less than 2023, the lowest level since 2014, according to official data.

There were also 296 reported shootings, for fifth in the previous year, according to the Swedish National Council for Crime Prevention.

The central minority government of the right of Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson, who is backed in Parliament by Sweden Democrats against immigration, came to power in 2022 with a vote of getting hard with the crime.

Sweden was also shaken by his The worst mass shooting in February When Rickard Andersson, 35, entered the Adult Education Center of Risbergska of the Campus in the city of Orebro and shot 10 people before turning the gun.

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