Several wounded in sword attack at Swedish school: authorities

Stockholm, Sweden - A sword-wielding assailant left several people wounded on Friday at Brinellskolan, a high school in central Sweden, according to authorities. The Fagersta municipality reported the attacker had been apprehended by police. Aftonbladet newspaper stated that the assailant had been shot in the leg by police. The municipality did not disclose the exact number of injured but confirmed police were conducting a search of the school and neighboring schools had been placed on lockdown.

Ambulances, police vehicles, and a police helicopter were seen outside the school, located in the small city of Fagersta with a population of around 12,000 inhabitants. Sweden has experienced several high-profile attacks at educational institutions. In February 2025, a man killed 10 individuals at an adult education center in Orebro, the country's deadliest mass shooting.

In March 2022, an 18-year-old student fatally stabbed two teachers at a secondary school in Malmo. Lastly, in October 2015, a racially motivated attack by a sword-wielding assailant in Trollhattan resulted in three deaths, with the perpetrator being killed by police.