The 16 -year -old Swedish police were arrested after the killing of three

The authorities said on Wednesday after a 16 -year -old boy was arrested on suspicion of a murder in Sweden, after three people were shot the day before, in the last blow to a country that is struggling with high levels of armed violence compared to its European peers.

The three victims were found in a hair salon in the city of Ubsala, about 43 miles from Stockholm, the capital. They were between 15 and 20 years old, according to the police, but they were not publicly identified.

The motivation was unclear, but the police, which she said had responded to reports of “loud explosions”, shortly after 5 pm on Tuesday, said that she was investigating whether the shooting was linked to gangs.

“We cannot say that it has a clear link to any gang conflict at the present time, but it is one of the ideas that we are working on in particular intensively,” Erik Akirlund, Opsla Police chief and a private accident order, He said At a press conference on Wednesday morning.

Magnos Bergreen, Deputy Public Prosecutor in Uppsala, said at a later press conference on Wednesday that a teenager, whose identity has not been identified, recently escaped from a group house for children.

The Prime Minister in Sweden, Ulf Kristersson, condemned the shooting as a “terrible act” and regretted that “the brutal violence and the ruthless disc shaking our country again.”

Although she heard a high level of living, Sweden was afflicted with one of the highest Rates From armed violence in the European Union, and violent crime was on Rise In recent years. Country Experienced The worst group shooting in February, when an open man was launched at an adult education center, 10 people were killed.

Diamant Saliho, a journalist investigating Swedish public service broadcaster, SVT, said and The author of two books on gangs and criminal networks In Sweden.

“During the past decade, we have seen a deadly shooting escalation,” said Mr. Salihu. “Recently, the change is that there are many young archers who do this for payment and situation,” he added.

The shooting occurred before the celebrations and Pourgings, where the Swedes celebrate the beginning of the spring with general fires. The police said there is no current danger to the public.