Swedish police identify 17-year-old girl as victim in school sword attack
Brinell School’s principal says the 18-year-old suspected of carrying out Friday’s deadly sword attack was a student there. Swedish police have identified the victim of Friday’s deadly sword attack at a Fagersta high school as a 17-year-old girl, as her classmates and the country’s political leaders gather to mourn her.
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Key Facts
- Fact 1: Brinell School’s principal says the 18-year-old suspected of carrying out Friday’s deadly sword attack was a student there.
- Fact 2: Swedish police have identified the victim of Friday’s deadly sword attack at a Fagersta high school as a 17-year-old girl, as her classmates and the country’s political leaders gather to mourn her.
- Fact 3: “The person killed in this incident is a young 17-year-old female.
- Fact 4: The Brinell School’s principal told local media the 18-year-old suspect was a student there.
Brinell School’s principal says the 18-year-old suspected of carrying out Friday’s deadly sword attack was a student there. Swedish police have identified the victim of Friday’s deadly sword attack at a Fagersta high school as a 17-year-old girl, as her classmates and the country’s political leaders gather to mourn her.
“The person killed in this incident is a young 17-year-old female. Her family has been informed,” police said on Saturday, declining to release further details. Seven killed, including two police officers, in UK ‘wrong-side’ car crash How a Swedish Palestinian minister raised controversy with Star of David One killed, three injured in sword attack at school in Sweden Local newspaper Fagersta-Posten reported that her parents confirmed the death.
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Original source: Al Jazeera
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