Teacher Stops School Attack; Teen Girl Faces Attempted Murder Charges

A teenage girl is being prosecuted for attempted murder of 17 people at a primary and secondary school in Nybro, reports Barometern. According to the prosecutor, it was only seconds away from a violent act against a group of first graders, which was averted by a teacher.

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Teacher Stops School Attack; Teen Girl Faces Attempted Murder Charges
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On May 23, the girl came to school, equipped with two kitchen knives and three razor knives. Previously, she had sought knowledge on the internet about how to kill with a knife.

A school class in grade one with two teachers was the first she encountered in a narrow school corridor. She pulled out two knives and approached the children.

Then a teacher intervened, who wrestled the girl to the ground and disarmed her. The teenage girl then tried to stab the teacher in the stomach, according to the indictment.

It was really a heroic effort from her side that became completely decisive, says prosecutor Nina Erlandsson to the magazine about the teacher.

The prosecutor refers to the fact that the girl herself said in an interview that she was at the school to kill.

The girl, who is also charged with serious offense against the knife law, admits. She has undergone a forensic psychiatric examination which showed that she suffers from a serious mental disorder.

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