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Latest update from PBS NewsHour: 18-year-old with a sword attacks a school in Sweden, leaving 1 dead. Latest update from Al Jazeera: At least three injured in sword attack at school in Sweden. GENEVA (AP) — An 18-year-old with a sword attacked a school Friday in central Sweden, killing one person and seriously injuring two others, a police chief said. Police Chief Tommy Alriksson told a news conference that the 18-year-old perpetrator at the school in the central town of Fagersta had been arrested. Police confirmed that shots were fired during the arrest, the TT news agency reported. The dead person was found as police entered the school to secure the premises. The attack took place at the Brinell School in the city of Fagersta, northwest of the capital, Stockholm, while classes were in session, with about 400 to 500 students, officials said.
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Latest update from Al Jazeera: At least three injured in sword attack at school in Sweden. GENEVA (AP) — An attacker with a sword wounded at least three people Friday at a school in central Sweden, and police later arrested a suspect, officials said. The attack took place at the Brinell School in the city of Fagersta, northwest of the capital, Stockholm, the city government said. There was no immediate word on the attacker's possible motive. Two teenagers were seriously injured and one other person was being taken to the hospital, said Erik Bergman, a press officer for Vastmanland county, which includes Fagersta. Bergman said classes were in session Friday at the upper secondary school, with about 400 to 500 students.
Latest update from PBS NewsHour: 18-year-old with a sword attacks a school in Sweden, leaving 1 dead. Latest update from Al Jazeera: At least three injured in sword attack at school in Sweden. GENEVA (AP) — An 18-year-old with a sword attacked a school Friday in central Sweden, killing one person and seriously injuring two others, a police chief said. Police Chief Tommy Alriksson told a news conference that the 18-year-old perpetrator at the school in the central town of Fagersta had been arrested. Police confirmed that shots were fired during the arrest, the TT news agency reported. The dead person was found as police entered the school to secure the premises. The attack took place at the Brinell School in the city of Fagersta, northwest of the capital, Stockholm, while classes were in session, with about 400 to 500 students, officials said.
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