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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Nadeem Badshah

Seventeen-year-old girl killed in sword attack at school in Sweden

TT Sweden Police Ulf Kristersson
Police and emergency personnel outside the Brinell school in Fagersta, Sweden, after a 17-year-old girl was killed and several people were injured in a sword attack.
Police and emergency personnel outside the Brinell school in Fagersta, Sweden, after a 17-year-old girl was killed and several people were injured in a sword attack. Photograph: Fredrik Sandberg/TT/Reuters

A 17-year-old girl has been killed after a teenager brandishing a sword attacked students at a school in Sweden, police have confirmed.

Three other people were wounded in the incident during classes in the central town of Fagersta on Friday afternoon, including two boys aged 12 and 17 who sustained minor injuries.

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