Gunfire in the centre of Gothenburg, sweden – Aftonbladet

GÖTEBORG/STOCKHOLM. Several loud pops echoed between the houses in the centre of Gothenburg on Sunday evening.

On Vasagatan was a car in the full fire and according to witnesses was wounded by a gun shot a young man in connection to the vehicle.

“A person in the 20-25 age is damaged and should undergo surgery,” says Hans Lippens at Göteborgspolisen.

At 18.30-the time alerted police to the Vasagatan in central Gothenburg after people raised the alarm about the bangs. On the site was a parked car at full fire.

– The most likely is that the fire started by man thrown into something, but exactly what is unknown at the moment, ” says Hans Lippens, presstalesperson at Göteborgspolisen.

– But there is no evidence to suggest that there must be an explosion, therefore, that there has been some form of explosives.

attempted murder

On the site, there has also been a shooting.

– In conjunction with the fire, one person suffered a bullet injury, says Hans Lippens.

The injured man should be in the 20-25 years of age, and the damage is assessed as minor, according to police. The man, however, is not heard by the police, even then he should undergo surgery first, according to His Lippens. According to the task to Aftonbladet the man should be shot on the leg.

Police have launched a preliminary investigation regarding attempted murder.

“At this stage we have no known perpetrator and no missstänkt gripen,” says Hans Lippens.

According to the task to Aftonbladet can another man have been shot on the spot. His Lippens stated that they do not have any data on more damaged.

Around 200-300 metres of Vasagatan being fenced off after the incident and during the Sunday night worked the police technicians in the area. Hundpatruller and police officers with flashlights searched in the rain through the area.

Witnesses to the event, says that a number of hearty bangs were heard in connection with that the car was burning.

” When we looked out we saw how the car was in full fire, the flames struck up towards the second floor on the house next door, said the witness.

Then came the three proper bangs from the car as well.

"the Car was in time"

the Rasmus was on the way home to eat dinner became a witness to how the car burned to the full.

I had been and downloaded the söndagspizza and when I come out from the pizzeria so is the car on fire, ” says Rasmus.

– a Little farther away on the street are 3-4 guys and kind of screaming. Then I went away and it got very unpleasant atmosphere.

another witness who lives in the house next to the burning car says he reacted on the vehicle when he was about to enter through the gate when it was "almost parked".

the Car was in time, but there was no one in. I saw in all cases that it lit a lamp, ” says the witness.

Ten seconds after I entered, I heard two bangs. Then when I came up to me so I heard one and saw that it was burning.

He called 112 and sounded the alarm. Then he went further down in the house and knew when the heat from the bilbranden inside the property.

“It was hot as hell,” says the witness.

Three taken in for questioning

He saw no people in connection to the vehicle when he went into the house. According to other witnesses, Aftonbladet talked with seems shooting have occurred in close proximity to the vehicle.

” I heard shots and they ran out, then I saw a wounded lying on the ground right by the burning car, says a witness.

– Some other people pulled him into a car and stuck in the road.

According to the police brought the man to the hospital by a person who is now taken in for questioning.

“But the person is heard by way of information and are not suspected of any at the moment,” says Hans Lippens.

He tells us that two more people pulled in for questioning, they must have been collected in the vicinity of Vasagatan and is also heard by way of information.

“Witnesses have also told you that one or two people are seen running from the scene,” says Hans Lippens.

At present, have no weapons have been found and it is unclear what connection there is between the person in question and the car set on fire.

His Lippens says that, at the moment it is too early to say anything about the incident have any connection to any of the other serious acts of violence that rocked the Gothenburg the last time.