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SAA event in Jönköping, Hovslätt area, Sweden on Thu 24th September 2026

24th September 2026

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A shooting has occurred in Hovslätt in Jönköping. Three people have been injured, one of whom has life-threatening injuries. One of the injured is the suspected perpetrator.

According to police, the incident does not appear to be gang-related.

The incident is believed to have occurred in a villa in Hovslätt. A man has been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder and aggravated weapons offenses.

According to the police, the arrested person is one of the three injured people, all of whom are described as middle-aged. They are two men and one woman.

Two seriously injured

All have been taken to hospital. One man is being treated for life-threatening injuries, the region says.

– There has been some kind of commotion. The perpetrator was stabbed and another man was shot. The woman is slightly injured, says Gustav Belin, the police commanding officer.

According to police, there were children in the house at the time and they are investigating possible child abuse. Two of the people involved are said to have had some type of relationship with each other before.

– I don't know if everyone knows each other, but some know each other, says Cesar Saliba, RLC commander at the police.

Police: not gang-related

The incident does not appear to be gang-related, according to police.

– I have not received any information that it is anything gang-related, and we would have been told if it was so, says Cesar Saliba.

Police are looking for witnesses to the shooting and are working throughout the morning to investigate the crime scene.

Not looking for more people involved

The incident occurred in the Hovslätt district and the police say they are not currently looking for more people involved.

– The working hypothesis is that it is the three people who were involved in this.

The neighbor: “It’s getting a little too close”

The police knocked on the door around midnight. A neighbor says they heard a fight coming from the address in question, but no shots were fired.

– It's nasty, it's getting a little too close, says the neighbor.

Technicians have been working at the scene overnight. The alarm about the incident came in at 11:30 p.m.

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