Several people injured in sword attack at Swedish school

By Al Jazeera Staff, AFP and Reuters.

Key points

• Public broadcaster SVT remarked ambulances, police cars as well as a police helicopter were outside the school in the small city of concerning 12, 000 inhabitants.
• Police spokesman Pelle Vamstad, quoted by the TT news agency, remarked an alarm was received early afternoon Friday and police rushed to the scene.
• A number of residents have been injured at a school in central Sweden by a person armed ⁠with a sword, authorities have noted.
• Justice Minister Gunnar Strommer remarked the administration was closely after the situation.
• "Police are continuing to work ⁠at the ⁠scene with a number of different resources, " the police statement continued.

For context, a number of residents have been injured at a school in central Sweden by a person armed ⁠with a sword, authorities have noted.

"An assailant armed with a sword has entered Brinellskolan and wounded several people, " the Fagersta municipality remarked in an official note on Friday, adding the assailant had been detained by police.

Swedish police remarked in an official note that they received a call "regarding a case of ongoing deadly violence at a school in Fagersta", confirming that one person had been taken into custody.

"Police are continuing to work ⁠at the ⁠scene with a number of different resources, " the police statement continued. "The public is urged ‌to respect the roadblocks and listen to police instructions."

Vamstad remarked authorities would be looking into whether camera footage might turn up that could be employed in the preliminary investigation.

In practice, the municipality did not specify the number of wounded but remarked police were searching the school and that other schools in the area had been locked down.

Aftonbladet newspaper documented that a person wielding a machete had been shot in the leg by police.

"We have been informed of a serious incident in Fagersta. The police are on site and are working particularly intensively on the incident. The administration is in close contact with the police and is monitoring developments on an ongoing basis, " he stated. We will bring you more on this shortly.

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