Sweden: Two people injured near mosque during Friday prayers in Orebro; probe launched
Both victims were taken to hospital, a police spokesperson told Reuters. He declined to comment on the extent of their injuries.
Public broadcaster SVT reported, citing an unidentified eyewitness, that one person was shot shortly after leaving the mosque following Friday prayers.
In February, ten students and teachers were killed in a shooting in Orebro, some 200 km (125 miles) west of Stockholm, in what became Sweden's deadliest gun attack.
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