Malmö restaurant peppered with bullets
A pizzeria in Arlöv, near Malmö, was shot at repeatedly with automatic weapons on Friday night. Shots were fired into areas where diners were sitting, but nobody was injured.
The shooting started when a Volvo pulled up outside the restaurant. According to a witness, around six unmasked men jumped out of the car. One of them was armed with a Kalashnikov automatic rifle, and shot indiscriminately through the pizzeria's windows.
Nobody was hit by the bullets.
"They had a guardian angel," said Mats Attin at Malmö police.
"It is amazing that there aren't ten people lying dead in there," he said.
Police forensic scientists found a large number of bullets in the walls and in other parts of the restaurant.
Following the shooting, the men got back into the car and drove away.
"We don't know the reasons for the shooting, but there had been some kind of row earlier in the evening. We don't think it was aimed at the restaurant, but believe that it had something to do with a row between certain guests," Attin said.
At the time of writing, police had not arrested anyone for the shooring.
Two witnesses said that they had seen what happened and were being questioned by police on Saturday morning. They have also given a general description of the men.
"This is all we have at the moment," said police spokesman Bo Paulsson on Saturday morning.
Witnesses have so far not been able to identify any individuals, nor have the police found the Volvo.
TT/The Local
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The shooting started when a Volvo pulled up outside the restaurant. According to a witness, around six unmasked men jumped out of the car. One of them was armed with a Kalashnikov automatic rifle, and shot indiscriminately through the pizzeria's windows.
Nobody was hit by the bullets.
"They had a guardian angel," said Mats Attin at Malmö police.
"It is amazing that there aren't ten people lying dead in there," he said.
Police forensic scientists found a large number of bullets in the walls and in other parts of the restaurant.
Following the shooting, the men got back into the car and drove away.
"We don't know the reasons for the shooting, but there had been some kind of row earlier in the evening. We don't think it was aimed at the restaurant, but believe that it had something to do with a row between certain guests," Attin said.
At the time of writing, police had not arrested anyone for the shooring.
Two witnesses said that they had seen what happened and were being questioned by police on Saturday morning. They have also given a general description of the men.
"This is all we have at the moment," said police spokesman Bo Paulsson on Saturday morning.
Witnesses have so far not been able to identify any individuals, nor have the police found the Volvo.
TT/The Local
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