Sweden boosts security for asylum seekers after IKEA attack


  • World
  • Wednesday, 12 Aug 2015

Vasteras police chief Per Agren speaks during a news conference in Vasteras, Sweden August 11, 2015. REUTERS/Anders Wiklund/TT News Agency

STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - Police in central Sweden have increased security at asylum lodgings, fearing a backlash after two Eritrean asylum-seekers were suspected of murdering two people at an IKEA store.

A man and a woman were killed in a knife attack at an IKEA store in the city of Vasteras on Monday. Two suspects were detained by police, one of whom was seriously injured.

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