Swedish police say that three people are confirmed dead after a shooting in Uppsala, a city near Stockholm, and are investigating the incident as a murder

Three people have been killed in a shooting in the Swedish city of Uppsala, police have confirmed. The shooting took place at a hair salon close to Vaksala Square in the centre of the city, local media reported. The shooter, who fled on a scooter, is still on the run, according to the reports.

Three people were killed in a shooting in the Swedish city of Uppsala on Tuesday (April 29) and a murder investigation has been launched, police said. Police said it was investigating the shooting as a homicide and that it had no information about the incident being a terror or hate crime at this point.