Spate of shootings in Stockholm raises alarms: One dead, one injured

Dramatic reports from Sweden: One person is dead, and another was injured as a result of two shootings that took place on the night from Sunday to Monday and early Monday morning. The police have initial suspicions about who is behind these incidents.

On the night from Sunday to Monday (19/20 May) and early Monday morning in Stockholm, there were two shootings. As a result of these events, one person died, and another was injured.

According to the reports, in the shooting in front of an apartment block in the Bredaeng district, a 40-year-old man died. In Flemingsberg, a 60-year-old man was seriously injured by gunfire. No one has been arrested yet, but the police suspect that the perpetrators were linked to one of the gangs.

Unfortunately, in recent months, the number of such incidents has been rising in the Swedish capital as well as other cities, directly linked to increased activity by drug trafficking gangs. The worst period was in the autumn of 2023 when 11 people died within a month due to shootings or bomb explosions.

According to police data, there have been 14 shootings in Stockholm up to mid-May this year. During this period, four people have died, and two were injured in the city. Across Sweden, there have been 85 such incidents in the same period. 12 people have died, and 15 were injured.

The Swedish National Council for Crime Prevention reported in its study that 34 per cent of violent incidents ending in death are linked to criminal activity. In Sweden, significantly more young men die from shootings (42 per million inhabitants) compared to the European average (28 per million).