Knife attack at Swedish high school leaves 2 dead

Two women with stab a knifeboth in their 50s, “are school employees,” Swedish police said in a statement following the attack at Malmo Latinskola, a high school in central Malmo, the country’s third-largest city. this.

Local media information, subjects of the case knife attack allegedly called an emergency number to tell him where he was, laid down his weapon and admitted to killing two people. According to some Swedish media, the suspect was carrying a knife and an ax.

According to the announcement on the social media account of the local police agency, the suspect was arrested shortly after the police appeared.

Earlier, on the evening of March 21, police announced that two people were injured out of about 50 people present at the school at the time of the incident. The two victims “were taken to hospital but their lives were not saved”, authorities said.

Police were alerted to the attack at around 5:15 p.m. on March 21, and a first patrol arrived at the school.

Police at the scene of an attack at a school in Malmo, Sweden on March 21, 2022. (Photo: Reuters)

A video has captured heavily armed police inspecting the inside of the building. The school was cordoned off with dedicated police cords a few hours later. Several police cars and ambulances were at the scene.

The motive for the knife attack is unknown at this time

After examining the entire scene and interviewing witnesses, authorities believe the suspect acted alone.

Asa Nilsson, one of the leaders of the investigation, said: “A lot of work remains to be done to find out what happened and the motive behind this horrific act.”

A press conference is scheduled to be held at 9:30 a.m. on March 22 (local time).

In January, a 16-year-old boy was arrested after he injured a student and a teacher in the town of Kristianstad, also in southern Sweden.

A similar attack happened in August 2021 in the town of Eslov, about 50 kilometers (30 miles) away, when a student attacked a 45-year-old school employee.

In October 2015, three people were killed in a racistly motivated attack at a school in the western town of Trollhattan. The attacker was later shot down by the police.

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