Two people injured in shooting near mosque in Sweden
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Police and emergencyy services personnel on the scene after a shooting during Friday prayers outside a mosque in Orebro, Sweden, on Aug 15.
PHOTO: EPA
STOCKHOLM - Two people were injured on Aug 15 in a shooting near a mosque in the Swedish city of Orebro, police said in a statement, adding that the case was being investigated as attempted murder.
Both victims were taken to hospital, a police spokesperson told Reuters. He declined to comment on the extent of their injuries.
Public broadcaster SVT reported, citing an unidentified eyewitness, that one person was shot shortly after leaving the mosque, following Friday prayers.
In February,10 students and teachers were killed in a shooting in Orebro, some 200km west of Stockholm, in what became Sweden’s deadliest gun attack. REUTERS
