Two people were injured in a Friday incident at a shopping center in Malmö, in southern Sweden. Police were seen deploying a large device to the area as investigators began a careful search for clues. A spokesman for the Malmö police, Evelina Olsson, said to a national news agency that the extent of the injuries remained unclear while authorities coordinated their response and sought to understand how the event unfolded.
In a later message posted on the police department’s official social media account, Malmö police described the event at the Emporia mall as requiring a significant deployment of resources. They noted that the area around the complex was cordoned off and that officers were actively collecting testimonies from witnesses to reconstruct the timeline. Olsson emphasized the importance of gathering as many accounts as possible to form a clear picture of what occurred.
Local media reported various angles on the investigation, including unconfirmed reports that a suspect had been detained. Authorities have not formally confirmed those details, and investigators cautioned that information may change as the scene is processed and more evidence is reviewed.
Multiple Swedish outlets, including television channel TV4 and newspapers such as Expressen and Aftonbladet, reported that shots were fired during the incident, with unverified claims of around twenty gunshots. The reports described a sudden moment of panic that caused people to seek shelter inside shops and restrooms while the mall, which houses hundreds of stores and dining options, remained at the center of a safety operation. Malmö, home to roughly 350,000 residents, is Sweden’s third-largest city and sits just across the Øresund Strait from Copenhagen, Denmark, attracting a steady flow of shoppers from the region.
In contrast, a separate but closely connected reference point involves a Danish case from about six weeks prior, when a 22-year-old man from Copenhagen was involved in a fatal shopping-mall shooting. That earlier incident resulted in three deaths and several injuries. The suspect has since been held in preventive detention at a psychiatric facility since early July. Danish authorities have described that case as non-terrorist in nature, with the alleged shooter facing multiple charges including murder and attempted murder, and violations related to firearms. Officials have stressed that the two events are not connected in motive, and that the Malmö incident is under separate investigation as authorities work to determine whether any link exists between the two cases.