Stockholm (GNA):- The four Somali young men shot down in cold blood outside a takeaway . Late last night police were chasing those responsible for the attack - which may be a new part of an ongoing gang war .
- We are investigating whether it has any connection to previous incidents, said Lars Byström by police in Stockholm County.
The four victims were gunned down at a takeaway at Tenstagången in western Stockholm last night.
Three of them are in their 20s , while one is a few years younger.
A witness says that one of the injured was inside the hot dog stand after the shots had fallen.
- When I arrived , it was already two police cars there and cordoned off. But I managed to get a quick glance at one of the guys , he was inside on the grill and there was blood everywhere.
- A hovering between life and death, one was shot in the stomach and one in the thigh , said another witness .
Several eyewitnesses report that the situation was chaotic :
- They screamed that someone has been shot. They heard five or six shots. Afterward, it sounded like a brawl . It was kalabalik said one of them .
According to witnesses , it took up to 20 minutes before an ambulance arrived to the scene. Therefore drove individuals the injured men to hospital instead, which also confirms SOS Alarm .
- The staff at the grill screaming at people to get there by their own cars and drive away the injured to the hospital because the ambulance did not come, says a witness.
seriously injured.
Late in the night one of the men was treated for severe gunshot wounds at the Karolinska Hospital in Solna. He's injuries are considered serious but not life-threatening. The other three men are described as minor injuries .
At the same time there was a major police operation , with staff from several districts to locate the culprits who now suspected of attempted murder. During the night, a police helicopter hovered over parts of western Stockholm .
In Tensta center blocked the police of a larger area for technical examination last evening .
- We have a lot of effort working on many different fronts. We'll see if we can find any witness statements or weapons, said Alexander Gäfvert , deputy station officer at the police in western Stockholm .
May have gang connection Of particular interest in the investigation are two men who left the scene on a moped towards Spångavägen sports .
According to witness statements , it was also the men who fired the shots. - The goal is to apprehend persons who have been guilty of this . We are looking for at least one culprit in these kinds of crimes , it may be a number of those involved, one can keep watch and so on, says Lars Byström .
On Monday morning , no suspected offender arrested for murder . According to several respondents , it has recently been deals between two criminal groups from western Stockholm . The same sources say that last night's deeds have connections to these groups and reportedly also working police from such a scenario. - There have been some shootings in the past and there are things we will check if it can have any association says Lars Byström.
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