Teacher and Another, Killed In Sweden School Sword Attack

A teacher and a student have been killed in a sword attack at a school in western Sweden.Police said they were called to reports of a masked attacker rampaging through the cafe area of the Kronan school in Trollhattan, north of Sweden’s second-largest city Gothenburg.
The male teacher was pronounced dead at the scene, while another teacher and two students, aged 11 and 15, were found with severe injuries.
One of the students has since died in hospital.
The attacker remains in a serious condition after he was shot by police, health authorities said.
Police spokesman Thomas Fuxborg said the suspect, who is in his 20s, carried more than one weapon, including "at least one knife-like object."
He said police fired two shots, one of which hit the masked man.
Terrifying accounts of the attack are now starting to emerge.
One teenage student told Sweden's English-speaking news site The Local he was forced to run from the attacker after his teacher was stabbed.
"I was in a classroom with my class when one of my classmates’ sisters called her to warn her that there was a murderer at the school," he said.
"So we locked the door to the classroom, but our teacher was still outside in the corridor.
"We wanted to warn him, so a few of us went outside and then I saw the murderer, he was wearing a mask and had a sword. Our teacher got stabbed.
"The murderer started chasing me, I ran into another classroom. If I had not run, I would have been murdered. I’m feeling really scared. Everyone’s scared here."
Police have now cordoned off the school, where distressed students and parents are gathered.
The injured have been taken to the nearby NAL hospital in Trollhattan.
Hospital spokesman Niklas Claesson said the assailant is being treated for gunshot wounds.
"The other people treated at the hospital are young but not kids," he said.
"Some of them have serious injuries and are being operated on."
The motive for the attack remains unclear.
It is also not yet known whether the suspect had any ties to the school.
Swedish Prime Minister Stefan Lofven has cleared his schedule and is heading to Trollhattan.
Some 400 students, ranging from pre-school to high school, attend the school.