Swedish police shoot man outside Royal Palace in Stockholm

Swedish police fired on an armed individual outside the Royal Palace in Stockholm on Tuesday, the force announced. According to police, officers responded to reports of a person with a weapon and subsequently discharged their weapons, resulting in the shooting of the assailant. The man was hospitalized with serious injuries but was not in a life-threatening condition, stated Stockholm police spokeswoman Susanna Rinaldo to AFP.

She did not specify the nature of the weapon utilized in the incident. The police operation is still ongoing, but Rinaldo assured that there was no threat to the public. A Swedish newspaper, Expressen, reported that the man had approached palace guards brandishing a knife and requested to be shot. In a subsequent update, police confirmed they were investigating aggravated threats against a public official and an aggravated knife offense.