Police said an attacker has stabbed two people to death and injured another at an Ikea store in central Sweden.
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Two people were killed and one seriously injured in a knife attack at an IKEA store in the city of Vasteras, about an hour west of the Swedish capital Stockholm, police said today.
The three victims were stabbed early on Monday afternoon inside the Västerås branch of the global furniture giant, with police called to the scene at around 1pm. A third person was severely injured.
“I saw police come running toward a man standing and waiting at the bus stop”.
Sweden’s security police, responsible for investigating suspected terror cases, told national news agency TT that they had no reason to be involved in the investigation based on the information they were given about the case.
Ikea evacuated and closed the store on Monday, and it was not immediately known when it would reopen.
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An IKEA spokeswoman said: “We do not have the whole picture in front of us”.
