"Gustavsson said "no penalty other than life imprisonment" had been considered for the defendant. He was also convicted of the attempted murder of two men in the southern city of Eslov a fortnight before the Uppsala murders. Both victims were shot and wounded but survived. The Uppsala murders happened as the town was preparing for outdoor Walpurgis, or Valborg, celebrations that attract more than 100,000 people each year."
A 21-year-old was sentenced to life imprisonment for a triple murder at a hair salon in central Uppsala. Three victims, two boys aged 15 and 16 and a 20-year-old man, were found shot in the head in a corner of the barber shop. The killings occurred the day before the Walpurgis festival, which draws more than 100,000 people. The prime minister described the act as resembling an execution. Investigators believed the shooter acted as a contract killer for a criminal network, but the person who ordered the murders was not identified and investigators did not know why the victims were killed. The court also convicted him of attempted murder of two men in Eslov, where both were shot but survived.
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