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Four wounded in Gothenburg shootout

Four men were shot in Gothenburg on Friday, two of which were gunned down, on a busy street in Hisingen, a northern locale of Gothenburg.

Published: 22 April 2011 15:58 CEST
Four wounded in Gothenburg shootout

The 2pm shooting occurred on Lantmätaregatan, a street with several restaurants and cafes, and in front of many eye-witnesses who were out in the beautiful Easter weekend weather.

Both managed to stay alive, according to Ulf Edberg, spokesperson for the Gothenburg police.

“It is unclear how seriously injured the men are but all are living,” he told the TT news agency.

“With some it was more urgent than with others.”

The two targeted individuals were shot in the same place but police won’t say exactly how many shots were fired.

Three of the gunshot victims were taken to Sahlgrenska Hospital, while the fourth was taken to Östra Hospital.

The police remain very tight-lipped about the incident.

“We ourselves do not yet have a clear picture of what happened. And we have yet to hear from any witnesses so therefore I cannot reveal what we know. Witnesses can be influenced by what they hear from other places,” Edberg said.

Shortly after 3pm police confirmed that a total of four people have been hospitalized, sustaining injuries related to the shooting.

“There are four people with various injuries,” Edberg said through the police website.

The area has been cordoned off with a large number of police officers grooming the site in search of the offenders.

No arrests have been made.

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POLITICS

Red-green coalition takes power in Gothenburg

The Social Democrats, Green Party and Left Party have managed to oust the right-wing Moderates from power in Gothenburg, despite failing to strike a coalition deal with the Centre Party.

Published: 28 October 2022 15:34 CEST
Red-green coalition takes power in Gothenburg

The Social Democrats, Left Party and Green Party will now take over the municipality with Jonas Attenius, group leader for the Social Democrats in the city, becoming the new mayor.

“We three parties are ready to together take responsibility for leading Gothenburg,” Attenius wrote to TT. “I am looking forward immensely to leading Gothenburg in the coming years.” 

The three parties will lead a minority government, with 40 out of 81 mandates, meaning it will dependent on mandates from the Centre Party to pass proposals. 

The three parties had hoped to bring the Centre Party into the coalition, but talks fell apart on Monday,  October 24th. 

“We our going into opposition, but our goal is to be an independent, liberal force, which can negotiate both to the left and to the right,” the party’s group leader in Gothenburg, Emmyly Bönfors told the Göteborgs-Posten newspaper. 

The end of talks in Gothenburg leave the Social Democrats leading coalition governments in all three of Sweden’s major cities, with Karin Wanngård appointed Mayor of Stockholm on October 17th. 

The Social Democrats had unbroken control in Malmö since 1994, after they regained power from the Moderates, who controlled the city from 1991-1994, and also from 1985-1988. 

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