Teen that was arrested after a triple murder in the Swedish hairdressing salon is liberated; 3 men arrested

A The 16-year-old arrested in Sweden After a shootout in which three young people were killed, it is no longer a suspect and was released and three men were arrested, said the prosecutors on Friday.

“The suspicion of the 16-year-old was weakened in custody during his time. He is no longer suspected of a crime,” said prosecutor Andreas Nyberg in a statement.

Two men, aged 25 and 35, were arrested on Thursday, with which the “Antiftung for Murder” was suspected, while a third man in the twenties was arrested on Thursday until Friday to suspect murder, the explanation says.

Three young people between the ages of 15 and 20 were killed in a hairdressing salon in the central Uppsala, about 45 miles north of Stockholm, on Tuesday on Tuesday.

The shootout shocked Sweden in the middle of the rising concern about gang violence, although the police did not confirm that the shootout was connected to gangs.

Swedish media have reported that at least one of the dead had a criminal gang, although the police did not confirm these reports.

Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson described the shootout as “extremely violent action” on Wednesday and said it looked “like an execution”.

Uppsala is the home base for Sweden's two notorious gangs, Rumba and Foxtrot.

Your leaders, Ismail Abdo and Rawa Majid, are now both considered orchestrating operations from abroad. A new, violent chapter in Sweden's gang wars began when Abdo's mother was murdered in her house in Uppsala in 2023, the BBC reported.

Recent violence in Sweden

For years Sweden has problems contaminating gang conflicts that have led to frequent shootings and bombings across the country that occasionally claims innocent victims.

Last week a mother and her little child were seriously injured when a homemade bomb tore through her house, reported the media and added that a neighbor who was suspected was the real goal.

At the beginning of April, two people were killed in a alleged gait fight in Gothenburg, while A The well -known rapper was shot in a gang battle in the city in December.

Perpetrators are often young teenagers who were hired as a contract killer because they are under the age of 15, the age of criminal responsibility in Sweden.

The Swedish government has proposed new laws that would enable the police to adopt children under the age of 15 in order to contain violence, according to the BBC.

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

According to the Swedish National Council for Crime Prevention, 296 shootings were also reported, a fifth the previous year.

Prime Minister Ulf Kistersson from the minority government of minorities, which is supported by the Swedish Democrats of anti-immigration in parliament, came to power in 2022 with a vow of becoming hard on the crime.

Sweden was also shaken by his Worst mass shootings in February When the 35-year-old Rickard Andersson entered the Risbergska Adult Education Center Campus in the city of Orebro and shot 10 people before turning the weapon on himself.