At least three people – believed to be schoolchildren – have been injured a knife attack at a school in the town of Eskilstuna, west of Stockholm, according to local reports.
The case is being classified as attempted murder, but police said they had no information on how serious the injuries were. So far, no one has been arrested.
A large deployment of police was involved in an action near the Munktellarena sports facility in Eskilstuna, some 90 kilometers (56 miles) west of Stockholm, police said.
A number of injured teenagers are understood to have been taken to a nearby hospital, with three suffering stab wounds to their upper torsos.
Swedish broadcaster TV4 said school students were injured in a stabbing.
Swedish media say there are several schools nearby.
Initial reports suggest violence flared between two gangs of youths in the town, which is roughly 60 miles west of the county’s capital, Stockholm.
