Three men killed in gang-related shooting in southern Sweden


  • World
  • Tuesday, 19 Jun 2018

Police stand next to a cordon after a shooting on a street in central Malmo, Sweden June 18, 2018. TT News Agency/Johan Nilsson/via REUTERS

STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - A third man died on Tuesday after a gang-related shooting in the Swedish city of Malmo, police said, amid growing concern about spiralling violent crime in the Nordic country.

Six men ranging from 19 to 31 years old were shot in a Malmo internet cafe on Monday evening just 100 metres (yards) from a district police station near the city centre.

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