BERLIN (AP) 鈥� An attacker wielding a sword has wounded several people at a school in Sweden, local officials say. The suspected perpetrator is in custody.
The city government said the attack took place at the Brinell School in the city of Fagersta, northwest of the capital, Stockholm.
Police spokesperson Pelle Vamstad, quoted by the TT news agency, said an alarm was received early afternoon Friday and police rushed to the scene.
Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson, in a post on the X social media platform, lamented a 鈥渟erious incident鈥� in Fagersta 鈥渞ight after the summer break.鈥�
鈥淭here are reports of injured people. We do not yet know what lies behind the act, but we know that the police are working very intensively,” he added. 鈥淥ur thoughts are with all those affected.鈥�
Vamstad said authorities would be looking into whether camera footage might turn up that could be used in the preliminary investigation.
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