Police shoot armed man outside Stockholm’s Royal Palace

Police shot an armed man outside the Royal Palace in Stockholm on Tuesday, SVT reported. The man was taken into police custody.

Police said they had been called over a man behaving aggressively and carrying a weapon. They said they fired shots intended to hit him.

A witness told SVT that several police patrols and ambulances arrived. The witness, who was outside the Grand Hotel, also heard three sounds resembling gunshots from a distance.