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Uppsala attack: police hunt under way after three people shot dead

Update: Swedish police arrest teenager after fatal triple shooting

Three people were killed in a shooting in the Swedish city of Uppsala on Tuesday, police said.

A large area was cordoned off in the centre of Uppsala, a university city 45 miles north of Stockholm, after witnesses described hearing multiple shots at about 5pm local time and seeing people running in different directions and hiding.

A masked person was seen fleeing the crime scene on an electric scooter and a police hunt was under way, said police, who appealed to the public for information.

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