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Latest update from BBC World: Girl, 17, killed in Swedish sword attack, police say. Latest update from Reuters: The report is now confirmed by Reuters. Latest update from CBS News: Swedish police say 1 dead, 2 injured after school sword attack. Police in Sweden say the victim of a deadly sword attack at a school was a 17-year-old girl STOCKHOLM -- The victim of a deadly sword attack at a school in central Sweden was a 17-year-old girl, police said Saturday. An 18-year-old man armed with a sword carried out the attack at the Brinell School in Fagersta, northwest of Stockholm, while classes were in session on Friday. One person was killed and three others were wounded, two of them severely. Police said the suspect had been arrested and that the case was being investigated as murder and attempted murder. The police said they have no reason to believe there were more perpetrators.
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Vastmanland County, where the town is located, said that the two seriously injured boys were ages 12 and 17. A third person, also under 18, was slightly injured and has been discharged from a hospital, Swedish news agency TT reported.
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Latest update from BBC World: Girl, 17, killed in Swedish sword attack, police say. Latest update from Reuters: The report is now confirmed by Reuters. Latest update from CBS News: Swedish police say 1 dead, 2 injured after school sword attack. Police in Sweden say the victim of a deadly sword attack at a school was a 17-year-old girl STOCKHOLM -- The victim of a deadly sword attack at a school in central Sweden was a 17-year-old girl, police said Saturday. An 18-year-old man armed with a sword carried out the attack at the Brinell School in Fagersta, northwest of Stockholm, while classes were in session on Friday. One person was killed and three others were wounded, two of them severely. Police said the suspect had been arrested and that the case was being investigated as murder and attempted murder. The police said they have no reason to believe there were more perpetrators.
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