A person is suspected of having tried to shoot at a taxi driver and a passenger in southern Stockholm.
A large police manhunt is underway.
The police have, among other things, investigated addresses in southern Stockholm.
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At around 8:30 p.m. on Saturday, the police received a call about a person in Solberga in southern Stockholm who had a weapon-like object.
– People out to try to shoot other people, says police spokesperson Daniel Wikdahl.
The plaintiffs are a taxi driver and a person who traveled with the taxi. As far as is known, no shots were fired, and the taxi left the scene.
– We have contact with the taxi driver. The person who went with has disappeared. We are looking for that person, says Daniel Wikdahl.
The police have searched with a dog and a helicopter but have not found the suspect.
The incident is classified as attempted murder and aggravated weapons offences.
– We don’t really know what happened, whether it was a sharp weapon that clicked or whether it was a dummy. Since we don’t know, we are working on the basis that it is a sharp weapon.
