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| Man in clown mask 'stabs teen in Sweden' | Man in clown mask 'stabs teen in Sweden' |
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| A man in a clown mask has stabbed a teenager in western Sweden, police have said. | A man in a clown mask has stabbed a teenager in western Sweden, police have said. |
| The youth was left with minor injuries following the attack, which happened when he went outside for a cigarette in Varberg, south of Gothenburg. | The youth was left with minor injuries following the attack, which happened when he went outside for a cigarette in Varberg, south of Gothenburg. |
| It came the day after two people in clown costumes reportedly threatened to kill a woman in central Sweden. | |
| The reports are the latest in a wave of "creepy clown" sightings in Europe and the US. | The reports are the latest in a wave of "creepy clown" sightings in Europe and the US. |
| The craze involves adults in frightening outfits scaring passers-by. | The craze involves adults in frightening outfits scaring passers-by. |
| Police are still searching for the Varberg clown, but are not yet willing to definitely link it to the craze, which began in the US over the summer. | Police are still searching for the Varberg clown, but are not yet willing to definitely link it to the craze, which began in the US over the summer. |
| The teenager suffered minor injuries to his shoulder. | The teenager suffered minor injuries to his shoulder. |
| "We do not know what prompted this. It was not a robbery, and I do not know if they had fought before," spokesman Ulla Brehm told Gotesburgposten (in Swedish). | "We do not know what prompted this. It was not a robbery, and I do not know if they had fought before," spokesman Ulla Brehm told Gotesburgposten (in Swedish). |
| "It's hard to say if this is something that has to do with the trend that has come from the US, but there was a clown mask on the site." | "It's hard to say if this is something that has to do with the trend that has come from the US, but there was a clown mask on the site." |
| However, Swedish Interior Minister Anders Ygeman has called for calm as more and more sightings of scary clowns are made across Sweden. | However, Swedish Interior Minister Anders Ygeman has called for calm as more and more sightings of scary clowns are made across Sweden. |
| "We don't want to see a situation where a person gets into real trouble because someone, perhaps half joking, puts on a clown mask," Mr Ygeman told the TT news agency. | "We don't want to see a situation where a person gets into real trouble because someone, perhaps half joking, puts on a clown mask," Mr Ygeman told the TT news agency. |