Three people have been shot dead in a “brutal act of violence” in Sweden as police hunt the attacker.Swedish police said a murder investigation has been launched after the deadly shooting in Uppsala on Tuesday,

A masked gunman opened fire at a barbershop in the Swedish university town of Uppsala, 40 miles northwest of Stockholm, shooting dead three young people in an apparent gang killing. A suspect is under arrest.

Swedish police said a masked gunman carried out a shooting that killed three people. The motive of the shooting was as of yet unclear, with police investigating it as a homicide.