Two killed in knife attack at IKEA in Sweden; two arrested


  • World
  • Tuesday, 11 Aug 2015

A police officer writes on a notepad as he speaks to a driver near an Ikea store in Vasteras, central Sweden, August 10, 2015. REUTERS/Peter Kruger/TT News Agency

STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - A man and a woman were killed and a third injured in a knife attack at an IKEA store in the Swedish city of Vasteras on Monday and two suspects were arrested, police said.

One of the suspects was apprehended at the scene and the second, who was seriously injured, was picked up at a hospital a few hours later, commanding police officer Per Agren said at a press conference. How he was injured was not clear.

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