One person was killed, another was injured Friday in a shooting near a mosque in the Swedish city of Orebro, likely linked to gang-related crime, police said.

Both victims were taken to the hospital, a police spokesperson told Reuters.

A preliminary investigation into the incident has begun.

The fatally injured man died in the hospital. The other man, aged between 20 and 30, is in hospital but does not have life-threatening injuries.

The shooter or shooters remain at large and efforts to locate them are ongoing, the police said.