Published 2024-03-13 17.01
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Several shootings have occurred in Skärholmen in a short time.
The latest happened in broad daylight.
According to Aftonbladet’s information, a new gang conflict has flared up in the area.
Shortly following 12:30, loud bangs were heard in a residential area in Skärholmen in southern Stockholm.
When the police arrived at the scene, empty shell casings were found, according to reports. A short distance away, a man was found injured.
According to information to Aftonbladet, the man must have been hit in the leg and then fled from the courtyard to a nearby street. He was later found there by the police.
The man, who is 25 years old, must have connections to a criminal network, according to information.
The shooting on Wednesday is the latest of several shootings that have occurred in the area.
According to information, the police now suspect that a new gang conflict has flared up here.
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Details: Internal conflict
Aftonbladet has previously reported on a conflict that took place between a phalanx in Vårby and one in Skärholmen. Sources described the area at the time as a vacuum among criminals. A drug market that no one really had control over.
Therefore, it was also believed that major disputes would flare up between different parties in Stockholm’s underworld, who wanted access to the market.
After a few months of relative calm in the area, the local conflict is suspected to have picked up once more, according to sources, and today’s shooting is believed to be part of that.
It was also in Skärholmen that the year’s first fatal shooting in Stockholm occurred on March 1. A young man was then shot dead outside a gate to an apartment building.
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Shot at a preschool
Wednesday’s shooting occurred in a courtyard of several apartment buildings. Shortly following the shooting, neighbors gather in their attics to see what happened.
A woman sticks her head out of a window. She photographs the police officers guarding the cordons.
There is also a preschool in the courtyard. The children were at the preschool when the shooting occurred and they heard the shots, the preschool tells Aftonbladet.
At the same time as the children and staff were accommodated, residents gathered outside the cordon.
A woman passes. She says she heard the shots and ran outside. A short time later, she realized that someone had been shot.
– It feels very unpleasant that it happens at this time of day, she says.
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“It’s awful”
A father has also come here to pick up his child. He looks both upset and worried.
– I don’t even know what to say. I’m speechless. This is hell, he says.
According to Aftonbladet’s information, a person was seen leaving the scene on an electric scooter following the shooting. During the followingnoon, an intensive police hunt was underway for the suspected perpetrator.
So far, no one has been arrested.