Police detain 16-year-old after three people killed in shooting in Sweden

A 16-year-old has been detained on suspicion of shooting and killing three people in Sweden, prosecutors have said.

A murder investigation was launched following the incident in the city of Uppsala on Tuesday.

Witnesses told local media they heard five shots and saw people in the area running to take cover.#

Police said on Tuesday it was investigating the shooting as a homicide and that it had no information about whether it was a terror or hate crime-related incident at that point.

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