Posted by Chinenye on Fri 21st Aug, 2026 - tori.ng
A disturbing sword attack at a high school in central Sweden has left several people injured, with police taking one male suspect into custody.
(Police Invsetigation. Photo Credit: BBC News)
According to local authorities, a sword attack at a Swedish high school resulted in multiple injuries.
Following the incident at Brinell School in Fagersta, central Sweden, police reported that one male had been taken into custody.
Just after 14:00 local time (13:00 BST) on Friday, police were called to the site.
According to certain Swedish media sources, the suspect was shot in the leg.
The Fagersta municipality stated that eight other schools were under lockdown and that police were searching the facility, but they did not disclose the exact number of injured.
According to police, the public is not in risk at this time.
Ulf Kristersson, the prime minister of Sweden, called the attack a "serious incident" in a post online, adding that "we do not know what lies behind the act, but we know that police are working very intensively."
Sweden has seen several attacks on educational institutions in recent years, including the nation's worst mass shooting in 2025, which claimed the lives of eleven people, including the gunman, at an adult education center in Orebro.
The government tightened the country's gun laws after it was discovered that the suspect had four rifles, three of which were found in the school where the attack occurred.
In 2022, a violent attack on a secondary school in Malmo resulted in the deaths of two teachers; an 18-year-old student eventually admitted to the attack.
A sword assault at a Trollhattan school in 2015 claimed the lives of a teacher and a student.