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Sweden school attack: horror as sword attacker kills teacher and pupil

The attack took place on Thursday morning at the KronanSchool, around 75km from Gothenburg, after a man, wearing a mask walked into a building on the premises wielding “several knife-like objects”, police said.

One male teacher, 20, died following the incident, along with a pupil, whose age was confirmed by police in the evening as 17, despite initial statements suggesting he was 11.

The 21-year-old attacker Anton Lundin Pettersson was confirmed dead just after 4pm. Another teacher and an older pupil are understood to remain in hospital.

The assailant knocked on two classroom doors and he attacked the two students who opened the doors..

Officers called to the scene had fired two shots, with one of them hitting the assailant, after the suspect had first attempted to attack the police.

Some pupils have described how they initially thought the man’s appearance was a prank. “When we first saw him we thought it was a joke. He had a mask and black clothes and a long sword. There were students who wanted to go with him and hold the sword,” a student at the school told.

The attacker even stopped to pose with pupils for a picture. He then continued the murder spree.

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