STOCKHOLM: Swedish authorities have arrested two young men for suspected complicity in a triple murder that shocked the country, the prosecutor in charge of the investigation announced Saturday.
The latest arrests leave six people currently in custody, with no decision yet made on whether they should be remanded, prosecutor Andreas Nyberg said in a statement.
The prosecutor’s office announced Friday the arrest of four men, one on suspicion of murder and the other three of incitement to murder.
Three young men aged 15 to 20 were killed late Tuesday in broad daylight at a hair salon in central Uppsala, a university town north of Stockholm.
The shooting shocked Sweden amid rising concern over gang violence, though police have not confirmed that the shooting was gang-related.
According to Swedish media, at least one of the victims had ties to organized crime, a claim police have not confirmed.
A 16-year-old arrested a few hours after the shooting has been released and is no longer a suspect in the investigation.
The latest suspects held on suspected complicity are considered “reasonable suspects,” — the lowest level of suspicion according to Swedish justice.
Sweden has been trying to stem a wave of shootings and homemade explosive attacks carried out by rival gangs vying for control of drug trade in recent years.
Uppsala has long been the base of Sweden’s two most notorious rival gang leaders, Ismail Abdo and Rawa Majid, although they are suspected of orchestrating their operations from abroad.
Uppsala has experiencing a wave of violence over the last two years following the murder of Ismail Abdo’s mother in what the authorities see as a vendetta linked to the conflict between his gang, Rumba, and Majid’s gang, Foxtrot.
Two new arrests in Swedish triple murder probe
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Two new arrests in Swedish triple murder probe
- Tuesday’s shooting took place in broad daylight, a day before the Valborg or Walpurgis spring festival
- The Scandinavian country has struggled for years to rein in shootings and bombings between rival gangs
Five Indian nationals kidnapped in Mali
- The workers were kidnapped Thursday by gunmen near Kobri, in western Mali
- No group has claimed the kidnappings so far
DAKAR: Gunmen have kidnapped five Indian nationals in Mali, their company and a security source said Friday, as the west African country reels from mounting unrest and militant violence.
The workers were kidnapped Thursday by gunmen near Kobri, in western Mali, the security source told AFP on condition of anonymity, saying they were employed by a company that is working on electrification projects.
“We confirm the kidnapping of five Indian nationals,” a company representative told AFP.
“The other Indians working for the company have been evacuated to Bamako,” the capital, he added.
No group has claimed the kidnappings so far.
Mali, currently ruled by a military junta, has been struggling to contain surging unrest blamed on criminal groups and militants linked to Al-Qaeda and the Daesh group.
The security situation has exacerbated an economic crisis in the impoverished country, where the Al-Qaeda-linked Group for the Support of Islam and Muslims (JNIM) has imposed a suffocating fuel blockade.
Kidnappings targeting foreigners are common in the country, which has been plagued by coups and conflicts since 2012.
JNIM militants kidnapped two Emirati nationals and an Iranian near Bamako in September.
The victims were released last week for a ransom of at least $50 million, according to sources close to the negotiations.
