Sweden: Another Shooting

 Hat tip Samnytt. Translation by Fousesquawk.

The Swedish crime wave continues in full force. Already this week we reported on a shooting in the Swedish town of Kristianstad where three people were wounded in a shopping center. Three teenage suspects were arrested but are now free though still considered suspects.

This evening in the town of Linköping broke out in the immigrant-dense, problem area of Berga. When police arrived at the scene, two young men were found with gunshot wounds who were taken to the hospital by ambulance.

https://samnytt.se/gangskjutning-i-linkoping-tva-ynglingar-skadade/

Around 7 pm, on Thursday evening, a shooting broke out in the immigrant-dense, problem area of Berga in Linköping. When police arrived at the scene, two young men were found with gunshot wounds who were taken to the hospital by ambulance.

The shooting took place near the  Berga center. Four or five shots were reportedly fired in rapid succession, and after a short pause, more shots. The condition of the two wounded youths is listed as critical.

Police have closed off the scene and are classifying the incident as attempted murder. A large number of people reported having witnessed the incident. They will now be interviewed by police as to their observations.

Nobody has yet been arrested for the act, and police at this time do not wish to comment on whether they have any suspects.

Several crime and problem areas in Linköping

Residents in the area, with whom media have spoken, report that insecurity has dramatically increased in the last ten years. Shootings are now an everyday occurrence, and as recently as May of this year, a person was shot to death in the area in a similar incident. In August, a person was shot in the head in the same area.

Immigrant-dense Berga is struggling with big problems with criminality and anti-social behavior and has occasionally been on the police list of "vulnerable areas", similar to the Ryd area. An area that is still found on the list and judged to be even more crime and problem-heavy is Skäggetorp, which is listed as "especially vulnerable".

Last year, police decided to install extra camera surveillance with drones in the area with a focus on the center, where Thursday's shooting took place. However, the operation was stopped in January, and there are no drone images that can help police in the current investigation.

*Update (8-6-21): One of the teenage shooting victims has died.