The police shot at a fleeing car in Gothenburg – policeman hit

A car in Gothenburg refused to stop when the police wanted to check it.
At the height of the Hisingsbron, a policeman tried to stop the car.
– He then gets hit and the police fire shots at the car, says Fredrik Flyberg.

The police were to carry out a check of a car in central Gothenburg on Saturday evening.

– At 18.12, a police patrol tries to stop a vehicle in Vasastan in Gothenburg, says Fredrik Flyberg, officer on duty at the police.

The driver chose not to stop and drove away from the scene. The police began a pursuit. At the height of the Hisingsbron, a policeman tries to stop the vehicle.

– He then gets hit and the police fire shots at the car, says Fredrik Flyberg.

The car is then stopped and two men are arrested. No one was injured in connection with the incident.

The two arrested men are aged 25 and are suspected of attempted murder, drug offences, gross negligence in traffic and gross drunk driving.

– Special investigations will also investigate the incident, says Fredrik Flyberg.

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