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Swedish police detain 16-year old murder suspect over Uppsala shootings

Several people injured after a series of loud bangs that indicated gunfire, in Uppsala

Police officers work Tuesday near the scene where three people were killed at Vaksala Square in Uppsala, Sweden, on Tuesday.

STOCKHOLM � Swedish police detained a 16-year-old early on Wednesday on suspicion of murdering three people in a hair salon in the city of Uppsala, prosecutors said.

The victims, aged 15-20, were shot dead late on Tuesday afternoon just as Uppsala, a university town 40 minutes north of Stockholm, was gearing up for Walpurgis Night, one of the busiest holidays in the city.





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