Man seriously wounded in Jönköping shooting, Swedish police probe attempted murder

A man in his 30s was seriously wounded in a shooting in Norrahammar, a district south-west of Jönköping, on Thursday night, Swedish police said. Officers were called to the area just after 22:30 local time following reports of gunfire outdoors and found the man with gunshot wounds.

The man was taken to hospital by ambulance. He was conscious and able to speak, though his injuries were described as serious, police duty officer Linus Maxe said. He had recently been released from prison, according to Swedish media reports. Citing local broadcaster P4 Jönköping, TV4 Nyheterna reported he had been shot in the neck.

Police have opened a preliminary investigation into attempted murder and aggravated weapons offences. No one had been arrested by Friday morning, and police said several people are believed to have witnessed the shooting.

Officers cordoned off the area overnight while forensic technicians carried out an extensive examination, including a search with police dogs and witness interviews. The cordon was lifted by Friday morning. "We have made interesting finds that need to be examined, but I won't go into what they are because of the ongoing investigation," Maxe said.

Police appealed to anyone who saw or heard anything that might be linked to the shooting to come forward, saying people could contact them either by phone or through the force's website.

A neighbour told broadcaster SVT she heard two shots while watching television at home, and found the area full of police when she went outside shortly afterwards. "It's obviously unsettling when something like this happens so close to home," she said.

Police declined to say whether Thursday's shooting was connected to another shooting a week earlier in Jönköping's Hovslätt neighbourhood. In that incident, three people were taken to hospital: two men with serious injuries, one of them shot and the other stabbed, and a woman with minor injuries, police said at the time.