A 38-year-old man has been taken into custody in Sweden on suspicion of being behind a series of possibly racially motivated shootings over the past year in the city of Malmo, which has a large immigrant population. The man is being held on suspicion of murder in one shooting and seven other shootings, where all of the victims had immigrant backgrounds. Police have been investigating 15 shootings total in Malmo over the past year, including one fatal shooting, and said in October that the shootings may have been racially motivated.

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FROM : EURONEWS, 7.11.2010
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STOCKHOLM (Reuters) – A 38-year-old man has been taken into custody on
suspicion of being behind a series of possibly racially motivated shootings in
southern Sweden, police said on Sunday.
Police said the man is being held on suspicion of murder and seven other
shootings over the past year in the city of Malmo, which has a large immigrant
population.
Sweden prides itself on tolerance, but September’s general election gave the
anti-immigrant Sweden Democrat party its first seats in parliament, reigniting
debate on the generous policies towards foreigners who want to settle in the
Nordic country.
“We haven’t gone into the motive yet,” Police Commissioner Borje Sjoholm said
at a news conference about the arrest. “But what all the shootings have in
common is that all those who have been shot have immigrant backgrounds.”
The man has denied any wrongdoing.
Police have been investigating 15 shootings, one fatal, in Malmo over the past
year. In October this year, police said the shootings could be racially motivated.
(Editing by Michael Roddy)
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