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Gunfire injures 5 in Sweden, police tell public not to worry

Jun 18, 2018 | 1:45 PM

COPENHAGEN — Swedish police say several people were injured when shots were fired Monday in Malmo, Sweden’s third-largest city.

Swedish news agency TT said the incident happened in Malmo just after 8 p.m. and quoted the city’s police department saying “there is no reason for the public to worry.”

Malmo police said five men were wounded.

Tabloid Aftonbladet quoted witnesses saying they heard what sounded like 15 to 20 shots. Witness Jonatan Burhoff told the newspaper he saw people being carried to private cars that drove off “as fast as possible.”