Two people were wounded on Friday in a shooting near a mosque in the Swedish city of Orebro, police said in a statement. It added that theincident was being investigated as attempted murder.
According to both police spokespersons, both victims were taken to hospital. He declined to comment on the extent of their injuries.
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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 200 km (125 miles) west of Stockholm, in what became Sweden’s deadliest gun attack.
