Two killed after gun attack in restaurant in Sweden

Gunmen with automatic weapons stormed into a restaurant in Sweden’s second largest city, killing two people and wounding about a dozen in a shooting that police said was likely gang-related.

Police said the eatery in suburban Gothenburg was full when the gunmen opened fire in one of Sweden’s most serious shooting incidents in recent years. It was not clear who the attackers were targeting or why, but police said there were known gang members inside the restaurant.

“Our assessment is that this incident has to do with ongoing gang conflicts in Gothenburg,” regional police chief Klas Friberg said.

Police said the victims were two men in their 20s, but didn’t identify them. Eight wounded people were taken to the hospital, one of them with life-threatening injuries, Friberg said, adding that other people had sought hospital treatment on their own. No arrests have been made but several people have been questioned.

Witnesses told Swedish media that the gunmen were wearing masks when they entered the restaurant in the Biskopsgarden suburb late on Wednesday. A restaurant worker told Swedish newspaper Aftonbladet that they shot people in the head.