Swedish police arrested six people as part of a triple murder presumed in a hairdressing salon in the city of Uppsala.
Standed persons are under the age of 18 to 45, according to the state prosecutor’s office. One is suspected of having done the murders on Tuesday evening.
A 16 -year -old who was arrested a few hours after the incident was released on Friday.
The three victims were shot in the show between 15 and 20 years old. The attack came on the eve of the Walpurgis Spring Festival, when large crowds went down to the streets of Uppsala.
Police investigate the possibility that the shooting is linked to gang crime.
One of the people killed in the hair salon is said to be known to the police, said local media.
The victim was involved in a police investigation into a planned attack on a parent from the Ismail Abdo gang chief, according to reports. The person has never been charged.
Uppsala, a university city north of Stockholm, has long been the basis of the gang leader Rival Abdo and Rawa Majida.
A new chapter of their lawn wars began in 2023 when Abdo’s mother was murdered at home.
Sweden has seen a wave of gang crimes for adolescents in recent years, with suspects accused of a range of infractions of vandalism to murder.
The Swedish government has proposed new legislation that would allow the police to listen to children under the age of 15 in order to deal with the problem.
