At 2:06 p.m. on Friday, August 21, the first alert was received about ongoing deadly violence at Brinellskolan high school in Fagersta. A perpetrator with a sword entered the school and injured several people.
Three minutes after the alert, at 2:09 p.m., several police patrols were on their way to the school. Several schools and preschools in the area were being evacuated.
At 2:16 p.m., the first police patrol on the scene reported that a suspected perpetrator had been neutralized and arrested. According to the police, live fire was used in connection with the arrest.
As police continued to enter the school to secure the premises, one person was found dead. Three more people were injured.
Two boys between the ages of 12 and 17 were still being treated for serious injuries on Saturday, but their condition is described as stable. A third boy was slightly injured and has been released from the hospital. In connection with the incident, Region Västmanland is in a state of emergency.
The man who was arrested and detained for the attack is 18 years old, according to the police. The school principal tells P4 Västmanland that the suspect is a student at the school and that he had a tag for the building. According to court documents that Dagens Nyheter has seen, he was sentenced to youth care last year for assault after an incident at a school in Fagersta.
On Friday, the police conducted searches at two addresses in Fagersta with connections to the suspect.
At 5:56 p.m., the municipality announced that children and students were allowed to leave all preschools and schools in Fagersta that were previously occupied.
At 9:00 p.m., the police and the municipality held a press conference, where it was confirmed that one person had been killed and three injured in the attack. The police had no reason to believe that there were more perpetrators. The municipality activated its crisis support and also established a memorial site.
On Saturday morning, Fagersta-Posten reported that the deceased was a girl in her late teens. The newspaper received confirmation from the girl's family. The information was later confirmed by the police.
