Two students at the school, both 18, have previously been arrested on suspicion of, among other things, sexual assault and aggravated assault. The crimes are suspected to have been committed between October 1 and 2.
A third student is in custody on suspicion of assault and unlawful coercion.
On Thursday, police carried out a new operation at the school to look for evidence.
"Given that the investigation has been ongoing here for a week, more information has emerged relating to other suspected crimes," prosecutor Lisa dos Santos wrote in an email to TT.
“Controls and punishes”
According to information provided to several media outlets, the events took place in connection with a “derailed” zeroing, but the prosecutor does not share that view.
"That is not something that has emerged in the investigation. I believe that a zeroing is a ritual for those starting high school, but this has rather taken place within a more ongoing system where you control and punish," dos Santos previously told TT.
Hanna Lindblom, defense attorney for one of the students, has described a “toxic culture” at the school in an interview with Expressen. She believes that both the suspects and the vulnerable students can be seen as victims of the environment that has developed at the school.
Lawyer Elisabeth Massi Fritz, who represents one of the plaintiffs at the school, disagrees with this line of reasoning.
There is no culture that justifies violence. To portray suspects as victims when it is the plaintiffs who have been subjected to serious crimes is wrong. It is important not to confuse perpetrators with victims, she previously told Expressen.
Independent inspection
A parent with children at the school is calling on the Swedish Schools Inspectorate to conduct an independent inspection of the school management’s actions.
The parent points out that there has long been information about hazing and informal punishment systems at the school, and writes that both students and parents seem afraid to question them.
Correction: A previous version contained incorrect information about the number of people in custody.
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