Around fifty people, many of them young, have gathered outside the hair salon. They stand in smaller groups and talk in hushed tones, several hugging each other. Lit candles and flowers have been placed on the sidewalk to honor the victims.
I'm here to mourn a very close friend of mine and also the two others. This friend has been very close to me since high school, for several years now. It's tough, says Rozalin, 20 years old.
Want to honor the victims
Together with her friend Soheila, she has come to honor the victims and show support to their loved ones.
So, it's just cold-blooded and brutal. You have to think like that. It's a mother who has lost her son. Someone has lost their brother. Someone has lost their grandchild, their relative. And it's nothing that should be forgotten, often the victims are forgotten after a week, says Soheila.
Tough to think about
Rozalin says it's tough to think about not being able to call her friend anymore.
We've known each other since we were 15-16 years old. So we've grown up, seen each other develop. I've heard his future plans, what he wanted to do with his life. It's something you'll never understand, you're used to being able to call him, check what he's doing. Now it's just different, unfortunately, says she.
Soheila thinks that politicians should do something about all the shootings.
They can't just sit and think they can govern and decide. This is reality. To see what we're going through and what the families are going through. If one of their family members had died in that way, how would all of Sweden have reacted?
