An attack probably linked to organized crime and without direct link with this place of worship, according to the first elements of the police investigation.
According to local media, the shooting occurred while the faithful left the mosque after Friday prayer, causing a movement of panic and flight. A man “About 25 years old died of his injuries“Said the police in a statement, without precision on the state of the person who was injured.
One of the people injured was hit as she left the mosque, according to the same source. The police urged the public to stay away from the premises during the research to find the shooter.
A witness assured the Swedish public channel SVT that he stood a few meters from one of the men affected by the bullets.
“He came out of the mosque. Then another man approached and fired four or five shots“Said this man, whose identity has not been revealed.
According to a police spokesperson Lars Hedelin, interviewed by the daily AFTONBLADET, the shooting is probably a “isolated” event and did not aim for the mosque itself.
In a statement the police said that this attack was linked to “organized crime“.
