A GUNMAN is on the loose after a horrific daylight shooting at a shopping centre in Sweden.

The victim was reportedly been taken to hospital with serious injuries after being shot in the leg.

1 A gunman is on the loose after a horrific daylight shooting at the Rosengard Centrum shopping centre in Malmo, Sweden (file picture) Credit: Google Street View

The shopping mall in Malmo was evacuated as cops continued to hunt down the shooter.

Police officer Lotta Svensson newspaper Sydsvenskan: "It's messy in there, but a man is shot — probably in the leg. He has been taken to hospital."

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Malmo is infamous for gun violence with feuding gangs clashing regularly.

The attack comes days after a gunman killed nine people — including seven teenagers — at a shopping centre in Munich, Germany.