Multiple students injured after knife attack in Sweden, two arrested: Reports

According to a report by Swedish TV4, at least four students were taken to the hospital after a knife attack in the Swedish town of Eskilstuna, on Thursday (June 1). The media report, citing the local police, said that the incident has been classified as attempted murder.

What happened?

According to the TV4 report, the four victims were high school students aged 15 out of which three were stabbed in the upper body and were taken to the hospital.

The Swedish media later reported that the incident was a knife attack. They had also initially reported that the reported attack took place at a school but the headmaster later said the students had been at a different location at the time of the incident. The alleged attack took place in the afternoon just before 1:00 pm (local time) in the area of Munktellarenan, said the media report.

What did the police say?

Spokesperson Dennis Strömberg Johansson, as per The Sun, said that there are several police patrols in the vicinity of Munktellarenan and barriers have been set up. "It must be an assault with at least one motive. The crime classification is attempted murder," said Johansson, as quoted by the media report.

Police personnel were seen in the area and the scene has since been cordoned off, reported the local media. In an update some hours later, the police said that they have arrested two young men in connection with the case.

"There was some kind of brawl between several people. We don't know if there are two or more gangs of people involved, but it is several persons," said the local police spokesperson, as quoted by Reuters, adding, "There is no information whatsoever that this is related to terrorism."

The incident also comes over a year after two teachers, Victoria Edstrom and Sara Book, in their 50s, were allegedly killed by an 18-year-old student armed with an axe and knives.

The incident took place in March 2022 at the Malmo Latin School where two employees at a secondary school in the centre of the country’s third-largest city were stabbed and later succumbed to injuries.

The perpetrator, later identified as Fabian Cederholm, was found guilty of the attack late last year. He was sentenced to life in prison, which in Sweden means a minimum of 20 to 25 years, but it could be extended.

(With inputs from agencies)

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