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Sweden sword attack: Two killed by masked attacker

Sweden sword attack: Two killed by masked attacker

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Image copyrightAFPImage captionThe suspect apparently posed for photos with pupils ahead of the attack

A masked man armed with a sword has killed a pupil and a teacher at a school in Sweden.

The suspect, clad in black, apparently posed for photos with students ahead of the attack, in the western town of Trollhattan.

Two further victims, a pupil and a teacher, are seriously injured. The attacker was shot by police and has died of his injuries. He was 21 and resident in Trollhattan, police said.

The king has said Sweden "is in shock".

Eyewitnesses described chaos at the school, with hundreds of students fleeing from the building screaming.

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Media captionMaddy Savage, an editor at The Local Sweden, says police are looking into claims that the attacker had links with the far right in Sweden

Police responded to an emergency call reporting an attack in the cafe area of the Kronan school, at around 10:10 local time (08:10 GMT) on Thursday.

Arriving at the scene, they found a dead man - a teacher - near the entrance.

Two male students and another teacher were rushed to hospital. One of the boys, aged 17, has since died of his injuries.

The other pupil, who is 15, and the teacher, a 41-year-old man, are being treated in intensive care for knife injuries. Their condition is described as serious but stable by the hospital.

The attacker was also taken to hospital with gunshot wounds and has since died.

Police have said several knives were used in the attack.

Officers have identified the suspect but not released his name. They have searched the suspect's home and have found "interesting" things, spokesman Thord Haraldsson told a news conference.

He was not previously known to police, he said.

Asked about possible links to far-right extremism, Mr Haraldsson refused to comment, Swedish radio reports.

Local media have reported that the suspect's accounts on Facebook and YouTube suggest an interest in Hitler and Nazi Germany. In a photo given to media by a student at the school, he appears to be wearing a black trench coat and a helmet resembling those worn by German troops in World War Two.

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