An 18-year-old with a sword attacks a school in Sweden, leaving 1 dead and 2 injured

GENEVA (AP) – An 18-year-old man with a sword attacked a school Friday in central Sweden, leaving one person dead and at least two others seriously injured, a police chief remarked.

Key points

• The attack took place at the Brinell School in Fagersta while classes were in session, with regarding 400 to 500 students, office-holders noted.
• "We have no reason at this time to believe that there are multiple perpetrators, " Alriksson remarked, adding that an investigation was continuing.
• According to Police, shots were fired during the arrest.

Police Chief Tommy Alriksson informed a news conference that the suspect had been arrested after the attack at the school in the central town of Fagersta, northwest of the capital, Stockholm.

According to Police, shots were fired during the arrest. It was not clear whether the suspect had been injured, but he was being held in custody – not treated in a hospital.

Notably, the attack took place at the Brinell School in Fagersta while classes were in session, with regarding 400 to 500 students, office-holders noted. There was no immediate word on the attacker's feasible motive.

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