• A police officer in his 30s was shot in Biskopsgården in Gothenburg on Wednesday evening.
The police were taken to hospital and died of their injuries during the night.
• No person has been arrested and the police do not have a suspected perpetrator at present.
• The police were working together with a colleague in Biskopsgården when the shooting occurred.
• According to police information, the policeman was shot while standing and talking to some people.
According to Erik Nord, head of the Greater Gothenburg Police Area, they worked with ongoing line work that focuses on the conflicts in the area.
So they were not in place for a special operation.
• The motive behind the shooting is still unclear.
The police also do not want to comment on whether the police who were shot were the actual target of the shooting or not.
• During the night, a large police operation took place in Biskopsgården and the surrounding area.
The police have also initiated a special incident in order to free up more resources.