Three killed in overnight shootings and explosion in Sweden

The blast tore homes apart outside Uppsala (TT News Agency via AP)

Three people have been killed overnight in separate incidents in Sweden as deadly violence linked to a feud between criminal gangs escalated.

Late on Wednesday, an 18-year-old man was shot dead in a Stockholm suburb. Hours later, one man was killed and another was wounded in a shooting in Jordbro, south of the Swedish capital.