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Swedish police arrest young suspect over shooting at Israeli company

No one was injured in the shooting at Israeli military technology firm Elbit Systems in Gothenburg

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Police patrol at the scene of a shooting at an office of Israeli military technology firm Elbit Systems in Gothenburg. Photo: AFP

An office of Israeli military technology firm Elbit Systems in Gothenburg was the target of a shooting on Thursday, according to media, with Swedish police saying there were no injuries.

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Police told AFP that they had responded to a shooting “against an Israeli object in Kalleback” in Gothenburg, a coastal city in southwestern Sweden.

They added that no injuries had been reported and that a young suspect had been arrested.

Newspaper Aftonbladet said the suspect was under the age of 15.

An investigation has been opened into “attempted murder” and an “aggravated weapons crime”, police spokesman Fredrik Svedemyr said.

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Svedemyr said police had sent several patrols and a helicopter to the scene.

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