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Sweden sword attack: police shoot suspect at school | |
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A masked man with a sword has killed one person and injured four at a school in Sweden before being shot by police. | |
The victims included one adult and four students, police said. It is not clear which of the victims died. | |
The attacker is being treated in hospital for gunshot wounds. | |
Police told the Swedish news agency TT that there was "considerable confusion" at the school, in the western city of Trollhattan. | Police told the Swedish news agency TT that there was "considerable confusion" at the school, in the western city of Trollhattan. |
Niklas Claesson, head of communications at the NAL hospital in the town of Trollhattan, said the student victims were "young but not kids". | |
"Some of them have serious injuries and are being operated on. One person is deceased at the scene," he said. | |
Police said the attack took place in the cafe area of the Kronan school, which has 400 students. Students were seen fleeing the building. | |
Trollhattan is near Gothenburg, Sweden's second-largest city. | |
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