Multiple people are injured in knife attack at Swedish mall
- Two men, aged 45 to 54, have been taken to hospital after the stabbing today
- Police are not ruling out more people injured after the knife attack at 8.30am
- One person was arrested shortly after the alarm was raised, police also said
Multiple people have been injured in a knife attack at a mall in Sweden, local police have said.
One man is fighting for his life after several people were reportedly stabbed in central Västerås at around 8.30am.
Another man, also with serious injuries but stable, was taken to hospital after the attack in the small city, 100km west of Stockholm.
Magnus Jansson Klarin, a police spokesman, said there has been one arrest and they do not suspect anyone else of involvement.
It is unclear what motivated the attack or if the people involved had any connection to each other.
Swedish TV news station SVT reported that police are not ruling out any more people injured in the attack at local mall Kvarteret Igor, which has been corooned off by police.
Two people have been taken to hospital with one of these people seriously injured in central Västerås after the attack at 8.30am
Two men, aged between 45 and 54, were taken to the emergency room in Västerås with serious injuries after the incident, according to Region Västmanland.
One man with life-threatening injuries is being operated on while the other man’s condition is said to be stable.
A witness who called police and the ambulance said they saw a man chasing people, Swedish newspaper Expressen reported.
The person went on to say police arrested the suspect who was jogging towards two people injured on the ground.
SVT reported that police are not ruling out any more individuals being hurt in the attack at the mall Kvarteret Igor (pictured)
Mr Klarin said: ‘We received several calls [in quick succession] that there has been several [people] injured.’
According to another Swedish news organisation, Aftonbladet, police confirmed that a sharp object was used to stab two people.
The incident is now being investigated by officers as attempted murder.
Mr Klarin added: ‘It is clear that they used some form of sharp object, but I can not say exactly what.
‘We cannot rule out that more people have been injured. [The area] has been blocked off and the police [still have] a large presence at the [scene].
‘The person was arrested fairly immediately, a few minutes after we received the alarm.’
Police have also cordoned off an area next to a parking garage that is suspected to be the crime scene and officers are searching the area, STV reports.
Back in March, two women who were stabbed at a high school in Southern Sweden died from their injuries.
Both were said to be employees at the school and in their 50s. An 18-year-old student was later arrested after their deaths.