18-year-old remanded in custody for shooting at hair salon

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An 18-year-old man is arrested, suspected of the shooting at a hair salon in central Uppsala, writes Upsala Nya Tidning.

The premises were shot at with several bullets on Monday evening and the suspected perpetrator was arrested shortly afterwards.

The man is suspected of attempted murder and serious weapons offense.

Four people are said to have risked being hit by the bullets, says prosecutor Andreas Nyberg to SVT Uppsala.

The suspect admits to weapons offense but denies attempted murder, according to his lawyer Per Sandell.

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