Stockholm (AFP) — Two people were wounded Friday in a shooting near a mosque in the Swedish town of Orebro, an attack police said they believed was linked to feuding organised crime gangs.

Local media quoted witnesses as saying at least one person was shot as he left the mosque.

Police provided no details about the circumstances of the shooting, but urged the public to stay away from the scene as they searched for the shooter.

“We are currently actively pursuing the perpetrator or perpetrators,” police spokesman Anders Dahlman told AFP.

“We are interviewing witnesses and carrying out our technical investigation,” he said.

One witness told Swedish public broadcaster SVT that he was standing just a few metres (yards) away from one of the men who was shot.

“He was on his way out of the

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