A young rapper has been killed in gunfire in Sweden, according to media reports.
The 19-year-old musician Einar, whose real name was Nils Kurt Erik Einar Gronberg, was shot dead in night-time gunfire in a residential area in Hammarby Sjostad in the south of Stockholm, the newspaper Expressen, the broadcaster SVT and several other Swedish media reported on Friday.
The Stockholm police, however, did not want to confirm the name of the victim when asked.
In a statement, they spoke only of a man who had succumbed to his injuries.
A murder investigation has been launched, but no one has been arrested yet.
Sweden has had problems with gang crime for a long time, which repeatedly manifests itself in shootings.
Popular artist
In his Swedish homeland Einar is a name that has gained notoriety far beyond the hip-hop scene.
He had his breakthrough in 2019 with the song "Katten i trakten" (The Cat in the Neighbourhood).
In the same year, he was the most popular artist on Spotify in Sweden, SVT reported, ahead of international stars such as the late DJ Avicii, as well as pop stars like Ed Sheeran and Billie Eilish.
