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.
They are a gang.
Well, that’s a shame.
Swedish mosque. There are two words that should never go together.
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.
I’ll wait to watch the Netflix limited series before I make any assumptions.
Furthermore, those who actually do wish to integrate, are intimidated into not integrating.
Shooting?
Nope, try bunker busters.
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.
yeah, there shouldn’t be any Islamic military bases in the West
***Sweden has grappled with gang violence and criminal gangs often recruit teenagers in socially disadvantaged immigrant neighbourhoods****
What’s missing from this statement? MOSLEMS!
At all.
Or on planet earth period.
In the U.S., it would be called a “mass shooting.”
Outstanding police work.
It’s a spicy Swedish meatball religion of peace.
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