STOCKHOLM – Police said on Tuesday that two teachers in southern Sweden were killed by one of the students.
An 18-year-old student was arrested on the scene Monday in Sweden’s third largest city, Malmö. According to the police, the victim was two women under the age of 50.
The suspect was previously unknown to the police and had no criminal record, and the police did not explain how the teachers were killed. The reason was not determined.
“It’s too early to comment,” Petra Stenkula, chief of police in Malm პოლი, said at a press conference.
He added that authorities found the suspect and two victims on the third floor of the Malmo Latin School 10 minutes after receiving a warning and that the situation was “under control”.
Stenkula, who did not confirm the information in the Aftonbladet newspaper, said the student himself called the authorities and said he had killed two people, put down his gun and was on the third floor.
Stenkula said the police were “on guard duty” and that a forensic investigation “would have given us a better understanding of what happened,” adding that the authorities were unaware of any further injuries.
Police said they were searched Monday at 5:12 pm. A large number of ambulances and patrol cars arrived at the school and armed police officers entered the gated building.
Schoolchildren of around 1,100 students gathered to work on the musical and the students shut themselves up in their classrooms.
Swedish news agency TT reported that Swedish Prime Minister Magdalena Anderson said she responded to the murders with “sadness and anxiety”.
On Tuesday, all classes were suspended and the school was closed.
The murders took place in the modern annex of the school, founded in 1406, when the Pope published a letter of concession on its construction and management. It was originally intended to educate local youth in Christian doctrine and Latin.
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