Several injured after sword attack at Swedish school
Police say one man has been arrested, while several other local schools have been locked down.
An 18-year-old man killed one person and injured two teenagers in a sword attack at the Brinell School in Fagersta, central Sweden, on Friday afternoon. Police arrested the suspect after firing at him. Eight other schools in the area were placed under lockdown before the lockdown was lifted. The incident prompted a state of high alert in the Västmanland region.
The suspect, reported to be a former student and wearing a helmet, was a former student and possibly had ties to the school. Sweden's Prime Minister and King Carl XVI Gustaf expressed their shock and concern over the attack. The school, with around 500 students, had recently returned from the summer break when the incident occurred.
Sweden has faced several attacks on educational institutions in recent years, including a mass shooting in 2025 and a violent attack on a secondary school in Malmo in 2022.
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