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- Swedish police arrest teenage boy for shopping centre shooting, article with galleryEurope ·
August 19, 2022 · 9:40 PM UTC · undefined agoSwedish police on Friday arrested a teenage boy for killing one person and injuring another in a shooting at a shopping centre in the southern city of Malmo.