At 5 p.m. on Monday, a 25-year-old man was shot in the Nyfors area of Eskilstuna. The man was found lying on the floor in the entrance area of a fast-food restaurant.
It was indoors,
A large police operation was launched and the man was taken to hospital, but died of his injuries during the evening. The incident is being classified as murder. It is the first fatal shooting this year, according to Quarterly statistics .
Police confirm that four people, all under the age of 18, were arrested on Monday evening.
The crime classification in all cases is murder, Martina Gradian tells TT.
She does not want to say whether any of the teenagers are under 15 years old, or whether they are girls or boys who have been arrested.
I'll just stick to the fact that they're minors.
The police still had a cordon in place at the restaurant on Tuesday morning and will continue to have a high police presence in the area.
There is nothing to indicate that we are looking for more suspects at this time, says Martina Gradian.
Two of the teenagers who were arrested have now been detained. The other two were released by prosecutors during the night, reports Eskilstuna-Kuriren . Prosecutor Charlotta Tanner does not want to comment on whether suspicions remain against those who have been released, or what the detainees are suspected of.
"I'm not saying anything right now. It could change so much," she tells the newspaper.
