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Sword-attack in Sweden - A masked man with a sword has been shot by police at a school in Sweden
BBC ^ | 22-10-2015 | BBC

Posted on 10/22/2015 2:37:37 AM PDT by ConfusedSwede

A masked man with a sword has been shot by police at a school in Sweden after injuring an adult and four students, according to reports. The condition of the attacker is not known. Police told the Swedish news agency TT that there was "considerable confusion" at the school, in the western city of Trollhattan. "We have a number of people injured," said Stefan Gustafsson from the regional police force. Mr Gustafsson confirmed that officers had shot a man on the premises. "His conditon is unknown," he said.

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A masked man with a sword has been shot by police at a school in Sweden after injuring an adult and four students, according to reports.

The condition of the attacker is not known.

Police told the Swedish news agency TT that there was "considerable confusion" at the school, in the western city of Trollhattan.

"We have a number of people injured," said Stefan Gustafsson from the regional police force.

Mr Gustafsson confirmed that officers had shot a man on the premises.

"His conditon is unknown," he said.

1 posted on 10/22/2015 2:37:37 AM PDT by ConfusedSwede
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To: ConfusedSwede

Those whacky Swedish Lutherans, at it again!


2 posted on 10/22/2015 2:40:15 AM PDT by A Formerly Proud Canadian (I once was blind but now I see...)
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To: ConfusedSwede

Could be a terrorism, but wearing a mask sounds like something an ordinary nutcase would do.


3 posted on 10/22/2015 2:44:34 AM PDT by ArcadeQuarters ("Immigration Reform" is ballot stuffing)
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To: ConfusedSwede

Mohammed denied his virgins because the police didn’t. Kill him


4 posted on 10/22/2015 2:45:40 AM PDT by BigEdLB (Congress will have blood on their hands if anything happens because of the Iran appeasement)
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To: ConfusedSwede

Good guy with gun, stops bad guy with sword. It isn’t the weapon that kills, it is the outlaw wielding the weapon.


5 posted on 10/22/2015 2:49:18 AM PDT by iontheball
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To: ConfusedSwede

I read that the assailant is dead, and that at least 4 schoolchildren are injured.


6 posted on 10/22/2015 2:49:31 AM PDT by BlackVeil ('The past is never dead. It's not even past.' William Faulkner)
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To: ConfusedSwede

Time to ban knives.


7 posted on 10/22/2015 2:50:40 AM PDT by reaganaut (Ex-Mormon, now Christian. "I once was lost but now am found, was blind but now I see")
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To: ConfusedSwede

Malmo is about 190 miles south of Trollhattan ...


8 posted on 10/22/2015 2:53:27 AM PDT by Ken522
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To: Ken522

A mask doesn’t sound Muzzie-like. More like a whackjob.


9 posted on 10/22/2015 2:57:48 AM PDT by flaglady47 (TRUMP ROCKS)
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To: BinaryBoy
Could be a terrorism, but wearing a mask sounds like something an ordinary nutcase would do.

Not out of the ordinary in the Muslim world (which now includes Sweden)...


10 posted on 10/22/2015 2:57:56 AM PDT by Fresh Wind (Falcon 105)
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To: iontheball

The sword is not the killer; it is the tool in the killer’s hand.

- Lucius Annaeus Seneca, ~2000 years ago

So while the truth of the matter has been known for almost two millennia, we still have many fools who just don’t get it.


11 posted on 10/22/2015 3:01:06 AM PDT by FreedomPoster (Islam delenda est)
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To: ConfusedSwede

12 posted on 10/22/2015 3:09:38 AM PDT by Vaquero ( Don't pick a fight with an old guy. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you.)
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To: Ken522

Trollhattan means “witch’s hat” in Swedish. I’ve been there, and oddly enough, I’ve met another American who has.


13 posted on 10/22/2015 3:45:51 AM PDT by Lonesome in Massachussets (Men need a reason to shop. Women need a place.)
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To: ConfusedSwede

Shouldn’t that be scimitar?


14 posted on 10/22/2015 3:50:07 AM PDT by teeman8r (Armageddon won't be pretty, but it's not like it's the end of the world.)
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To: ConfusedSwede

hmmm....IIRC police in Stockholm carried sabers into the middle of the twentieth century.


15 posted on 10/22/2015 3:58:30 AM PDT by Covenantor ("Men are ruled-...by liars who refuse them news, and by fools who cannot govern." Chesterton)
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To: ConfusedSwede

I thought America was the only civilized country where attacks on schools occur?


16 posted on 10/22/2015 3:58:57 AM PDT by aomagrat (Gun owners who vote for democrats are too stupid to own guns.)
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To: ConfusedSwede

A sword free zone?


17 posted on 10/22/2015 4:05:23 AM PDT by Gamecock (Preach the gospel daily, use words if necessary is like saying Feed the hungry use food if necessary)
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To: aomagrat

What made you think this was a civilized country? You need reeducation, comrade. ;)


18 posted on 10/22/2015 4:19:52 AM PDT by BykrBayb (Lung cancer free since 11/9/07. Colon cancer free since 7/7/15. ~ Þ)
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To: ConfusedSwede

Trollhatten? Disgruntled Saab worker?


19 posted on 10/22/2015 4:26:04 AM PDT by Moltke
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To: ConfusedSwede

Update - a teacher was killed in the sword attack, the attacker shot dead by police, and at least 4 children are gravely wounded.


20 posted on 10/22/2015 4:33:18 AM PDT by BlackVeil ('The past is never dead. It's not even past.' William Faulkner)
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