Shooting at Mosque in Sweden Leaves 2 Wounded, Police Say
Police suspect the shooting outside a mosque in Örebro is linked to rival gang conflicts, with two people injured during early afternoon violence after Friday prayers.
- Two people were injured in a shooting near a mosque in southern Sweden, according to police.
- Police in Orebro have opened an attempted murder investigation related to the incident.
- The police believe it is likely gang-related violence, part of ongoing issues in Sweden.
- The shooting occurred around 1:45 PM during Friday prayers, as reported by Dagens Nyheter.
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In Örebro, Sweden, shots were fired near a mosque. One person died in the hospital, another was severely, but not fatally injured.


At least one person was killed today and another was wounded in a shooting not far from a mosque in Sweden, the police announced.
In the Swedish town of Örebro, believers come from a mosque after the Friday prayer, when shots suddenly fall. A man dies, another is injured. Investigators assume that an act is based on the milieu of organized crime.
A man aged around 25 has died after a shooting near a mosque in the Swedish city of Orebro, local police said today, adding that another person was wounded in the incident.
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