Two teachers in their 50’s have died aftera violent attack at a secondary school in the southern Swedish city Malmo.
An 18-year-old student at the school has been arrested on suspicion of murder.
Local media report that the victims were stabbed, but no firearms were used in the attack, the two women, employees of Malmö Latin School, were taken to hospital by ambulance but died of their injuries.
At a news conference on Tuesday morning, police said the suspect was arrested just 10 minutes after the alarm was raised, officers arrived at an apparently calm school, but found the two injured women and the suspect on the third floor.
According to reports, the 18-year-old man was found with an axe and a knife, had no criminal record or history of suspicious behavior, but investigations were ongoing.
The motive remains unknown and there is as yet no evidence of an unusual link between the student and two teachers.
Malmö chief of police, Petra Stenkula told reporters that the suspect’s home was being searched.
She also said officers were investigating reports in Swedish media that the suspect called the police himself, allegedly admitting to having killed two persons.
About 50 people, both students and teachers, were in the building when the attack took place.
Teachers and pupils told local media that police had entered the school with their weapons drawn and ordered them to remain locked in their classrooms for several hours.
Swedish Prime Minister, Magdalena Andersson said she had heard the news with “sadness and dismay”.
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