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One killed in shooting outside mosque in Sweden, police suspect link to gang violence
Euronews ^ | 15/08/2025 | Gavin Blackburn

Posted on 08/15/2025 12:00:20 PM PDT by nickcarraway

The perpetrator has yet to be apprehended and it's unclear if they were targeting the mosque or specific individuals.

A shooting near a mosque in Sweden on Friday left one person dead and one injured, with police saying they believe it was linked to gang violence.

The shooting took place in the parking lot outside the mosque in the central city of Örebro west of the capital Stockholm in the early afternoon following Friday prayers, police said.

The victim was a 25-year-old man who was shot dead leaving the mosque and the man injured was also in his 20s.

Several emergency services were at the scene and police advised the public to stay away.

Roberto Eid Forest, head of the Örebro local police area, said at a press conference that at least one perpetrator was seen leaving the scene.

The police are now investigating murder, attempted murder and aggravated weapons offences, according to the Swedish news agency TT, and said they suspect the crime is tied to local gangs.

For years, Sweden has grappled with gang violence and criminal gangs often recruit teenagers in socially disadvantaged immigrant neighbourhoods to carry out hits.

Local TV news channel TV4 said there has been tension between two rival gangs in Örebro recently.


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Foreign Affairs
KEYWORDS: asylum; crime; immigration; migration; mosque; refugees; sweden

1 posted on 08/15/2025 12:00:20 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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To: nickcarraway

They are a gang.


2 posted on 08/15/2025 12:02:14 PM PDT by rktman (Destroy America from within? On hold! Enlisted USN 1967 proudly. 🚫💉! 🇮🇱👍! Winning currently!)
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To: nickcarraway

Well, that’s a shame.


3 posted on 08/15/2025 12:03:29 PM PDT by rrrod (6)
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To: nickcarraway

Swedish mosque. There are two words that should never go together.


4 posted on 08/15/2025 12:04:40 PM PDT by IYAS9YAS (There are two kinds of people: Those who can extrapolate from incomplete data.)
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To: nickcarraway
in socially disadvantaged immigrant neighbourhoods

I'd use a different description.

Instead of socially disadvantaged, I'd say unwilling to assimilate into the established national culture.

In other words they are invaders who seek to impose the culture they brought with them rather to assimilate.

5 posted on 08/15/2025 12:12:06 PM PDT by Biblebelter
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To: nickcarraway

I’ll wait to watch the Netflix limited series before I make any assumptions.


6 posted on 08/15/2025 12:22:40 PM PDT by pghkevin (Where have the principles of the founding fathers gone?)
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To: Biblebelter

Furthermore, those who actually do wish to integrate, are intimidated into not integrating.


7 posted on 08/15/2025 12:24:14 PM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: nickcarraway

Shooting?
Nope, try bunker busters.


8 posted on 08/15/2025 12:25:26 PM PDT by Da Coyote
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To: Biblebelter
Instead of socially disadvantaged, I'd say unwilling to assimilate into the established national culture.

You've defined a Muslim living in a non-Muslim nation.

Islam is a terrorist organization. Nations who fail to designate and treat it such are bound to eat of its evil fruit.


9 posted on 08/15/2025 12:27:52 PM PDT by JesusIsLord
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yeah, there shouldn’t be any Islamic military bases in the West


10 posted on 08/15/2025 12:33:09 PM PDT by Gene Eric
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To: nickcarraway

***Sweden has grappled with gang violence and criminal gangs often recruit teenagers in socially disadvantaged immigrant neighbourhoods****

What’s missing from this statement? MOSLEMS!


11 posted on 08/15/2025 12:52:27 PM PDT by Ruy Dias de Bivar ( )
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To: IYAS9YAS

At all.


12 posted on 08/15/2025 12:58:18 PM PDT by No name given ( Anonymous is who you’ll know me as)
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To: Gene Eric

Or on planet earth period.


13 posted on 08/15/2025 1:00:37 PM PDT by No name given ( Anonymous is who you’ll know me as)
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To: nickcarraway

In the U.S., it would be called a “mass shooting.”


14 posted on 08/15/2025 1:10:50 PM PDT by al_c (Democrats: Party over Common Sense)
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To: nickcarraway
with police saying they believe it was linked to gang violence.

Outstanding police work.

15 posted on 08/15/2025 1:20:56 PM PDT by HIDEK6 (God bless Donald Trump)
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To: IYAS9YAS

It’s a spicy Swedish meatball religion of peace.


16 posted on 08/15/2025 1:51:25 PM PDT by Waverunner (Torah! Torah! Torah! my favorite IDF radio code.)
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