Swedish police probe online networks after teenage girl killed in school sword attack
Swedish police are probing potential links between an 18-year-old man who stabbed students at a high school in Fagersta, Sweden, and online communities promoting school violence, according to a police source. The attacker, who also injured two teenage boys, was arrested following the incident on Friday (Aug 21). A TikTok account that posted a picture of a sword 20 minutes prior to the attack is under scrutiny, as it allegedly belongs to the suspect, sources report.
The account, which appeared in a school restroom restroom a month ago, featured videos referencing previous mass violence attacks in Sweden and Norway, as well as a 2015 attack in Trollhattan where a swordsman killed a teaching assistant and two boys before being shot by police. Prosecutors have ordered the man's detention on suspicion of murder and attempted murder.
Police are intensively investigating the suspect and gathering evidence, though specific details of the inquiry remain undisclosed.
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