Trollhättan school stabbing
2015 attack on Kronan school in Trollhättan, Sweden / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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On 22 October 2015, a mass stabbing occurred at Kronan School, a high school in Trollhättan, Sweden. 21-year-old Anton Lundin Pettersson killed three people and injured another with a sword, later dying from gunshot wounds sustained during his apprehension.
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Location | Kronan School, Trollhättan, Sweden |
Coordinates | 58.2691°N 12.3055°E / 58.2691; 12.3055 |
Date | 22 October 2015 (2015-10-22) 10:06 – 10:16 (UTC+2) |
Target | Immigrant students and teachers |
Attack type | Mass stabbing |
Weapon | Sword |
Deaths | 4 (including the perpetrator) |
Injured | 2 |
Perpetrator | Anton Niclas Lundin Pettersson |
Motive | Opposition to immigration, racism |
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The initial police investigation concluded that Pettersson was motivated by opposition to immigration and had chosen the school as his target due to its location in a neighbourhood with a high immigrant population. It is the deadliest attack on a school in Swedish history and was the first deadly attack on a school in Sweden since 2001.