Sweden attack: Terrorism suspected after mass stabbing in Vetlanda

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A man has injured eight people, three seriously, in a stabbing attack in a south Swedish town which police are treating as suspected terrorism. The assailant, who is in his twenties, struck in five different locations in the centre of Vetlanda around 15:00 (14:00 GMT), police say. Within minutes he was shot and wounded by police, and is now in custody. Prime Minister Stefan Löfven said the “horrific violence” was a reminder of “how frail our safe existence is”.  Five different crime scenes, a few hundred metres apart, were identified, local police chief Jonas Lindell said. One eyewitness, florist Asa Karlqvist, told local newspaper Vetlanda-Posten: “We heard a scream from the street. Then we saw a man enter the store, shouting that he had been stabbed. “Blood was pouring from his shoulder, so we got towels and applied pressure on the wound.“(BBC)…[+]