On Friday, the police arrested two men linked to the fatal shooting in Skärholmen in southern Stockholm earlier this week. On Saturday, the police announced that the men had been arrested by prosecutors.
– We arrested two men yesterday, one aged 25 and one aged 45. They are suspected of involvement in the investigation concerning murder and attempted murder, says Per Fahlström, the police in the Stockholm region.
It was around 8pm on Wednesday evening that the police were alerted to a shooting near the subway station in Skärholmen, which is located in southern Stockholm. Several shots had been fired, and two men were found injured at the scene after one of them himself raised the alarm about the incident.
One man, who is in his 30s, later died from his injuries. According to information to TV4 Nyheterna, the murdered man has connections to the criminal Vårby network.
The other man, who is aged 55, was shot. In that case, there is no known information about criminal connections.
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