Sword attack at Sweden school leaves two teenagers with severe injuries

Two teenagers have been taken to hospital with severe injuries after an attacker armed with a sword wounded several people at a school in Sweden.

Police were called to Brinell high school in the town of Fagersta, northwest of the capital Stockholm on Friday.

The suspect has been arrested and is being held in custody, authorities said.

Swedish newspaper Aftonbladet reported a suspect carrying a machete had been shot in the leg by police before being detained.

"We received an alarm at 2.06pm (1.06pm UK time) about suspected deadly violence and sent all available resources to the school," ⁠a police spokesperson said.

The spokesperson said one person at the scene ​was ⁠later taken into custody and that ‌there was no longer any danger to the public.

Expressen newspaper reported the suspect was an 18-year-old former student, and that police have since raided his home.

Several other schools and ‌public buildings in Fagersta were also placed in lockdown after the sword attack took place.

Pelle Vamstad, a police spokesman, told the TT news agency that authorities would be looking into whether camera footage could be used in the preliminary investigation.

Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson, in an online post, lamented a "serious incident" in Fagersta which had happened "right after the summer break".

"There are reports of injured people. We do not yet know what lies behind the act, but we know that the police are working very intensively," he added. "Our thoughts are with all those affected."

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Brinell high school has around 450 students aged 16 to 20.

The attack comes a year after a school shooting in Orebro, also in central Sweden, when a gunman killed 10 ⁠people before turning the weapon on himself, in the worst mass shooting in Swedish history.

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