A Gunman Opened Fire in a Crowded Pub in Sweden, Killing 2 Men and Wounding 2 People, Police Say

Police stand outside a pub where two people were killed and two wounded following a shooting in Sandviken, some 162 kilometers (100 miles) northwest of Stockholm, on Sept. 22, 2023. Henrik Hansson/TT News Agency via AP

STOCKHOLM—Two people were killed and two wounded when a gunman opened fire in a crowded bar northwest of Stockholm, police said Friday.

Police said that a 20-year-old man and another in his 70s died Friday of injuries sustained in the shooting late Thursday at a pub in Sandviken some 162 kilometers (100 miles) northwest of Stockholm.