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Swedish Ikea knife attack leaves two dead in Vasteras | |
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Two people have been killed and another seriously injured in a knife attack at an Ikea store in Vasteras in Sweden, according to police. | |
The dead are a man and a woman, police said in a statement. A man has been arrested on suspicion of murder. | |
Ikea spokeswoman Anna Pilkrona-Godden said that the Erikslund shopping centre containing the store had been closed. | |
Vasteras is about an hour west of the capital Stockholm. | |
Several ambulances were at the scene and the area was cordoned off by police, eyewitnesses told local media. | |
"Our thoughts are with those affected," said Mrs Pilkrona-Godden. | |
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