The alarm came to the police at 20.57. Several police patrols approached Edward Lindahlsgatan in the Hästhagen residential area north of Pildammsparken. A car with extensive damage was found on site.

Another vehicle and a doorway were damaged in the explosion. However, there are no known injuries, police say.

The incident occurred six minutes before the shooting at Möllevångstorget.

"A really good bang"

A witness tells SVT News Skåne:

- We heard a really good bang. I've banged firecrackers before but this was the worst so far, says Fredrik Pering, who lives in an apartment on the street.

Fredrik Pering lives in one of the houses on Edward Lindahlsgatan where the explosion occurred. Photo: Gunilla Fritze / SVT

- My wife and my son went out into the street and they saw a car that was sloping down the street and it was smoking. Several neighbors had come out onto the street. No one dared to go near the car, he says.

One person ran from the scene

After the explosion, some 30 people went out to see if anyone was injured, according to information to SVT News. One of them must have seen a person leave the place running, with a bag in his hand.

Police blocked off the scene and called in the National Bomb Guard to investigate the car.