1 dead, 2 injured in attack in Sweden


HELSINKI, Dec. 25 (Xinhua) -- One was killed and two others were injured in an attack in Boden, a municipality in northern Sweden, on Christmas Day, Swedish police said on Thursday, adding that officers shot dead a suspect at the scene.

Police said they received an emergency call at around 12:00 p.m. local time reporting an assault at a residential property in Boden. When officers arrived and attempted to detain the suspect, "unexpected circumstances" arose and police opened fire, killing the suspect on the spot, according to a statement from the police.

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