The police were alerted at 16.25 to Hägerstensåsen after information that a man had been stabbed in the stomach outside a gate.

Two perpetrators must then have left the scene.

The man was taken by ambulance to hospital with unclear injuries.

- We have an ongoing operation, the crime scene is cordoned off and a technical investigation will be made.

We will also talk to witnesses in the area, says Anna Westberg, press spokesperson at the Stockholm Region Police.

A preliminary investigation into a suspected assassination attempt has been initiated.

- No one is currently arrested, says Anna Westberg.