Several people are injured at a Swedish high school by a person armed with a sword, the Fagersta municipality in central Sweden says in a statement.
“A call was received regarding a case of ongoing deadly violence at a school in Fagersta. Police have responded to the scene and one person has been taken into custody,” the police say in a statement. “Police are continuing to work at the scene with a number of different resources. The public is urged to respect the roadblocks and listen to police instructions.”
The government is in close contact with the police following the attack, Justice Minister Gunnar Strommer says in a statement to Reuters.
“We have been informed of a serious incident in Fagersta. The police are on site and working very intensively [on] the incident,” Strommer says.
Aftonbladet newspaper reports that a person wielding a machete had been shot in the leg by police.
The municipality does not specify the number of wounded but says police are searching the school and that other schools in the area have been locked down.
Public broadcaster SVT says ambulances, police cars and a police helicopter are outside the school in the small city of about 12,000 inhabitants.
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