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Swedish police identify 17-year-old girl killed in Fagersta school sword attack

Sunday, 23 August 2026, 06:32 · 1 min read

Swedish police have named the victim of a sword attack at Brinell School in Fagersta (a town in central Sweden) as a 17-year-old girl, with her death confirmed to local media by her parents. The 18-year-old suspect, identified as a student at the school, entered the premises on Friday afternoon and was arrested at the scene; two other students were seriously wounded and a third suffered minor injuries. Investigators are examining a TikTok account that posted an image of a sword minutes before the attack and had featured references to past school massacres, as prosecutors pursue charges of murder and multiple counts of attempted murder.

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Al Jazeera English — Swedish police identify 17-year-old girl as victim in school sword attack ↗︎
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