Several injured after sword attack at Swedish school

What the report says

Several people were injured in a sword attack at Brinell School in Fagersta, central Sweden, according to local authorities reported by BBC World News. Police said one man was arrested after the incident, which prompted officers to respond shortly after 14:00 local time on Friday. Swedish media cited in the report said the suspect may have been shot in the leg by police, although that detail was not confirmed by the authorities in the BBC text.

Fagersta council did not give a precise count of the injured, but said police were searching the school building. It also said eight other schools in the area were placed under lockdown measures. Police said there was no current danger to the public. Sweden’s prime minister, Ulf Kristersson, described the episode as a serious incident and said investigators were working intensively to determine what happened.

The BBC placed the attack in the context of recent violence at Swedish schools and education centres. The country has seen several fatal attacks in recent years, including a 2025 mass shooting in Örebro that led to tighter gun rules, as well as earlier deadly incidents in Malmö and Trollhättan. Those events have intensified concern about school safety and the security response to attacks on educational institutions.