Sweden remands school sword attack suspect in custody

Police on Aug 22 identified the one fatality in the attack as a 17-year-old girl.

The alleged attacker entered the Brinell school in the small town of Fagersta on Friday afternoon, just days after its students had returned from summer break. He was shot and arrested by police at the scene.

Swedish prosecutors said Sunday that an 18-year-old man arrested during a fatal sword attack at a high school had been remanded in custody on charges of murder and attempted murder.

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SEVERAL people have been injured after a sword-wielding suspect stormed a school in Sweden, police said. Eight schools are now on lockdown after cops swarmed the scene in Fagersta, an industrial town around 100 miles west of Stockholm. The suspect was reportedly shot in the leg by cops and taken into custody. At least