Swedish authorities said a 21-year-old man armed with “a
sword or a large knife” entered a school in Trollhattan, killed a teacher and a
student and wounded two other people before he was fatally shot by police. The
attack occurred in the Kronogarden district, a heavily immigrant neighborhood
in the struggling industrial city that lies approximately 45 miles north of
Gothenburg, and sent shock-waves around the normally placid nation.
“This
is a dark day for Sweden,” stated the country’s Prime Minister, Stefan Lofven.
Swedish
news media reported that the suspect was wearing a mask and that some of the
students initially thought he was pulling a Halloween prank.
Swedish
politicians reacted swiftly to the tragedy, banning the sale, manufacture and
distribution of all swords, Halloween costumes and knives with sharp or
serrated blades. Butter knives can
still be legally purchased, though there is now a 5-day waiting period.
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(A
firearm was the hero in this tragic event, stopping the murderer and likely
preventing many more deaths and injuries. I doubt the media will point this
out).
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