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epa12063111 Police at the scene after a suspected shooting at Vaksala Square in Uppsala, Sweden, 29 April 2025. According to police, several people were found with injuries that indicate gunshot wounds. EPA/FREDRIK SANDBERG SWEDEN OUT
Police blockaded a road in central Uppsala after the shooting (Picture: Frederik Sandberg/EPA)

Three people are dead after a shooting near a school in Sweden today.

Locals were starting to celebrate a major Spring festival when gunshots rang out just off Uppsala’s Vaksala Square around 5pm local time.

Then a masked man was seen fleeing on an electric scooter along Hjalmar Brantingsgatan, a road that leads to it.

Shortly after 7pm, police confirmed three people had been killed. It is not yet clear how many others were injured or what condition they are in.

A spokesperson said: ‘As the police continue to work to identify the deceased, the police want to be clear that no relatives have been notified. The police are investigating the incident as a murder.’

Described as the ‘Cambridge of Sweden’ for its large student population, Uppsala is home to around 175,000 people.

It’s a 35-minute train ride from the capital Stockholm, although rail services have been suspended while police hunt for the shooter.

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epa12063112 Police at the scene after a suspected shooting at Vaksala Square in Uppsala, Sweden, 29 April 2025. According to police, several people were found with injuries that indicate gunshot wounds. EPA/FREDRIK SANDBERG SWEDEN OUT
Taped off buildings at the top of Hjalmar Brantingsgatan are around 100 metres from a school (Picture: Frederik Sandberg/EPA)

Helicopters are in the air and Hjalmar Brantingsgatan has been blockaded by police. Ambulances line the street.

Vaksala Square is the location of the Uppsala’s concert hall and the green listed school building home to Vaksalaskolan.

Next to Uppsala’s main train station, it also hosts market stalls.

It would usually have been busy at this time of day. But tomorrow is Valborg – or Walpurgis Night – a major Spring festival celebrated in Scandinavia.

Traditionally people start to celebrate the day before, bringing higher than usually footfall to the area of the shooting.

Justice Minister Gunnar Strömmer said: ‘A brutal act of violence has occurred in central Uppsala. The police have confirmed that three people have lost their lives.

‘This at the same time as the whole of Uppsala has begun the Walpurgis weekend. What has happened is extraordinarily serious.’

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