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| Sweden: Man dies in shooting at Malmo shopping centre | Sweden: Man dies in shooting at Malmo shopping centre |
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| The shopping centre was cordoned off and shoppers told to avoid the area as investigations were carried out | The shopping centre was cordoned off and shoppers told to avoid the area as investigations were carried out |
| A man has died and a woman is in hospital after a shooting at a shopping centre in Sweden, police say. | A man has died and a woman is in hospital after a shooting at a shopping centre in Sweden, police say. |
| People at the Emporia shopping mall in the southern city of Malmo fled in panic after hearing around 20 shots being fired, Swedish outlet TV4 said. | People at the Emporia shopping mall in the southern city of Malmo fled in panic after hearing around 20 shots being fired, Swedish outlet TV4 said. |
| Police have arrested a teenage boy and believe the shooting is related to gang tensions. | Police have arrested a teenage boy and believe the shooting is related to gang tensions. |
| It comes as Sweden gears up for a general election next month, where gang violence tops voters' concerns. | It comes as Sweden gears up for a general election next month, where gang violence tops voters' concerns. |
| Sweden still has one of the highest rates of gun killings in Europe. | Sweden still has one of the highest rates of gun killings in Europe. |
| An official Swedish government report published last year stated that four in every million inhabitants die in shootings each year in Sweden. | |
| In Europe the average is 1.6 people per million inhabitants. | |
| This year shootings have also spread outside the country's main cities, as gang violence - which police say is often related to the shootings - spreads further afield. | This year shootings have also spread outside the country's main cities, as gang violence - which police say is often related to the shootings - spreads further afield. |
| Poor integration of immigrants, a widening gap between the rich and poor, and increasing drug use are what police say are the root causes of the violence. | |
| Earlier this year the Swedish Prime Minister Magdalena Andersson also said a lack of integration had led to gang violence. | |
| After a recent spate of shootings in the smaller city of Orebro, the local police chief said they now had more gangs - and they had become more violent. | |
| "Where maybe 10 years ago they gave someone a beating, they then switched to shooting each other in the legs," Mattias Forssten told Reuters. "Now they shoot each other in the head." | |
| The issue has become paramount to Swedish voters, with 41% of them saying crime is their biggest concern, according to Gothenburg University's Society, Opinion and Media Institute, cited by Reuters. | The issue has become paramount to Swedish voters, with 41% of them saying crime is their biggest concern, according to Gothenburg University's Society, Opinion and Media Institute, cited by Reuters. |
| This could be problematic for the ruling Social Democrats, who critics say have failed to stop the rise in gang crime during their eight years in power. | This could be problematic for the ruling Social Democrats, who critics say have failed to stop the rise in gang crime during their eight years in power. |
| The ruling party, however, say additional measures targeting criminal gangs as well as the expansion of the police force help will tackle the problem. | The ruling party, however, say additional measures targeting criminal gangs as well as the expansion of the police force help will tackle the problem. |