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Ema Barrie has just been shopping in the center of Fittja, where a man was shot dead on Thursday evening. The fact that there was another shooting does not surprise her.
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Around a quarter past nine on Thursday evening, the police were called. A man has been shot dead.
– You don’t know when you go out if you will come home again, says Ema Barrie, who lives in the area.
The glass has been smashed on the door of a restaurant in Fittja, south of Stockholm. A bullet hole is visible in the middle. Thursday’s shooting is just one in a row in the Stockholm area recently.
– It’s probably just to stay away, hope you’re not in the wrong place at the wrong time, says a resident in the area.
In the center of Fittja, where the shooting took place, people are on the run during Friday morning. At the roadblocks, some stop.
Ema Barrie has just been shopping. She says she is no longer surprised when she hears there has been another shooting.
– It is very unpleasant. But the most unpleasant thing is that it has become everyday. It’s like people just go on with their lives as if nothing happened.
She thinks it is remarkable that the shooting took place during a time in the evening when people are still moving outside.
– What makes it difficult is that people soon think that they shouldn’t be out after 5 p.m.
Security workers and staff from social services are on site next to the metro station.
– It is important that we can be at hand for those Botkyrka residents who want our help and support. I understand the wonder and concern that people here have, says Lennart Agén, press manager at Botkyrka municipality.