Sweden’s Kristersson Cancels Campaign Speech After School Attack

Connecting decision makers to a dynamic network of information, people and ideas, Bloomberg quickly and accurately delivers business and financial information, news and insight around the world Police special forces work at the scene where an attacker with a sword wounded several people at a high school in Fagersta, Sweden on Aug. Photographer: Frederik Sandberg/AFP/Getty Images Sweden’s Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson canceled a campaign speech for next month’s general election after a sword attack at a school left a 17-year-old girl dead and three others injured. The attack in the central Swedish town of Fagersta by a suspect who was later shot and detained by police, left local residents and officials in shock and cast a shadow over political campaigning ahead of polling day on Sept. It again threw a spotlight on the issue of law and order in Sweden, which surveys have shown is a key concern for voters.

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