Swedish prosecutors hold second man over deadly school attack
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- Swedish prosecutors have detained a second man suspected of aiding the attacker in the deadly school sword attack in Fagersta.
- The first suspect, an 18-year-old, was arrested shortly after the attack on Aug 21, which killed a 17-year-old girl and injured three.
- Authorities are investigating if the attacker was linked to online communities promoting school violence; a decision on detaining the second suspect is due on Aug 27.
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A police officer secures the site where several people were injured at a Swedish high school by a person armed with a sword on Aug 21.
PHOTO: REUTERS
STOCKHOLM – Swedish prosecutors have apprehended a second person suspected of involvement in last week’s attack at a school in which a 17-year-old girl was killed and three people were injured by a man wielding a sword, they said on Aug 26.
On Aug 21, police arrested an 18-year-old man they said was believed to have carried out the attack at the Brinell high school in the central Swedish town of Fagersta, and launched an extensive investigation.
The second man was held on suspicion of accessory to murder and accessory to attempted murder, and a decision will be made on Aug 27 on whether to ask a court to formally detain him, the prosecution authority said in a statement on Aug 26.
The agency did not say how the second suspect may have aided the attacker.
A source on Aug 22 said police were investigating whether the 18-year-old attacker was involved in online communities promoting school violence. REUTERS
