One dead, four injured after sword attack at school in Sweden
- 9 years ago
A masked man wielding a sword has killed a teacher and seriously wounded another along with two pupils at a school in Sweden.
Police say they responded to calls warning of an intruder with a sword on the premises at 10am this morning.
A person had been attacked near the cafeteria.
It happened at the Kronan school in Trollhattan, an industrial town just north of Gothenburg.
There are 400 pupils at the school, ranging in age from pre-school to high school.
Swedish Prime Minister Stefan Löfven is expected to visit the school this afternoon.
Outside the schoolattack #kronan via MrSvantesson
#trollhatten #Sweden pic.twitter.com/jjrxQzzT9S— -= AnonSweden =- (AnonswedenInfo) October 22, 2015
Leit is a pupil at the school who witnessed the attack. “The man had a mask on, he told reporters. “At first we thought it was a joke because Halloween is coming up soon. One of my friends went to take a picture with him.Then we saw the man getting stabbed so we just ran..”
Police say they responded to calls warning of an intruder with a sword on the premises at 10am this morning.
A person had been attacked near the cafeteria.
It happened at the Kronan school in Trollhattan, an industrial town just north of Gothenburg.
There are 400 pupils at the school, ranging in age from pre-school to high school.
Swedish Prime Minister Stefan Löfven is expected to visit the school this afternoon.
Outside the schoolattack #kronan via MrSvantesson
#trollhatten #Sweden pic.twitter.com/jjrxQzzT9S— -= AnonSweden =- (AnonswedenInfo) October 22, 2015
Leit is a pupil at the school who witnessed the attack. “The man had a mask on, he told reporters. “At first we thought it was a joke because Halloween is coming up soon. One of my friends went to take a picture with him.Then we saw the man getting stabbed so we just ran..”