UPPSALA, Sweden — Swedish police said that three people are confirmed dead after a shooting Tuesday in Uppsala, a city near Stockholm, and are investigating the incident as a murder. Swedish media reported that a manhunt is underway for the perpetrator, who reportedly fled the scene on an electric scooter.

In a statement, police said they had received several calls from members of the public to report noises that sounded like gunfire. View on euronews

Swedish police detained a 16-year-old early on Wednesday on suspicion of murdering three people in a hair salon in the city of Uppsala, prosecutors said. The victims, aged 15-20, were shot dead late on Tuesday afternoon just as Uppsala,