Three men have been arrested for an attempted murder in Botkyrka, south of Stockholm.

The men were arrested at 9.30 pm on Monday, writes Expressen.

They are suspected of attempted murder of a man in his 40s and 50s.

He arrived at Karolinska University Hospital seriously injured in the morning.

- He has such severe injuries that it is feared that he may die, says the head of the preliminary investigation Stefan Sjöström to the newspaper.

Stefan Sjöström does not want to go into what kind of injuries the man has.

The suspects were arrested in an apartment believed to be the crime scene.