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Attack at School in Western Sweden Injures 5 Man Attacks School in Sweden With Sword or Large Knife
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LONDON — A man armed with a sword or a large knife entered a school in western Sweden on Thursday morning and injured five people before he was shot by the police, the authorities said. LONDON — A man armed with a sword or a large knife entered a school in western Sweden on Thursday morning and wounded five people before he was shot by the police, the authorities said.
The shooting occurred at a school in the Kronogarden neighborhood in Trollhattan, which is about 45 miles north of Sweden’s second-largest city, Gothenburg. The Associated Press, citing local health officials, said one teacher had been killed in the attack and two students, 11 and 15, had been badly wounded.
Stefan Gustafsson, a spokesman for the regional police in western Sweden, said in a phone interview that the injured victims included students and teachers. The shooting occurred at a school in Kronogarden, a working-class and heavily immigrant neighborhood in Trollhattan, which is about 45 miles north of Sweden’s second-largest city, Goteborg.
Stefan Gustafsson, a spokesman for the regional police in western Sweden, said in a phone interview that the victims included students and teachers.
He said that the police were called to the scene at 10:10 a.m. and shot the attacker. “This has been a very traumatic experience,” he said. “When police entered the school, the man was shot. Many people have gone to the hospital.”He said that the police were called to the scene at 10:10 a.m. and shot the attacker. “This has been a very traumatic experience,” he said. “When police entered the school, the man was shot. Many people have gone to the hospital.”
According to the police, the attacker used the sword to chop or slice his victims. Police officers were summoned to the scene, and gunshots were heard inside the school. The conditions of the victims and of the assailant were not immediately known, but the newspaper Dagens Nyheter reported that the attacker had been killed. According to the police, the attacker used the sword to chop or slice his victims. Police officers were summoned to the scene, and gunshots were heard inside the school. The newspaper Dagens Nyheter reported that the attacker died after being shot by the police.
The school was built in 2009 and enrolls more than 400 studentes from preschool through ninth grade, the newspaper Svenska Dagbladet reported. The school was built in 2009 and enrolls more than 400 students from preschool through ninth grade, the newspaper Svenska Dagbladet reported.
The newspaper Expressen quoted a news photographer on the scene, Stefan Bennhage, describing “complete chaos” and saying that one ambulance, responding to the scene, failed to stop and crashed into a school wall.The newspaper Expressen quoted a news photographer on the scene, Stefan Bennhage, describing “complete chaos” and saying that one ambulance, responding to the scene, failed to stop and crashed into a school wall.