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Developing Story : Eight people injured after suspected terrorist attack in Sweden

cde.news desk 3 March 2021, 21:16 · 1 min read

epa09049638 Police technicians on the scene of an attack in central Vetlanda, Sweden, 03 March 2021. Eight people have reportedly been left injured in an attack in southern Sweden described by police as an act of suspected terrorism. Authorities said the situation was 'under control' with the suspected attacker having been shot and arrested by police. EPA-EFE/Mikael Fritzon SWEDEN OUT

STOCKHOLM, March 3 (Reuters/Euronews/EPA) – Swedish police is investigating a knife attack in the southern town of Vetlanda earlier on Wednesday as a possible ‘terror crime’, the police said on its web page. Eight people are confirmed to have been injured in the incident, which took place around 190 kilometres from Gothenburg, Sweden’s second-largest city.

Euronews reports that authorities first received reports shortly before 3.00 PM CET that several people had been attacked with an “axe” near Bangårdsgatan. The first police patrols arrived at the town’s centre 10 minutes later.

One suspect in his 20s was shot by police at the scene and has been arrested.