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Swedish police say sword-wielding killer sought victims by skin color
Source: Reuters
World | Fri Oct 23, 2015 7:54am EDT
Swedish police say sword-wielding killer sought victims by skin color
STOCKHOLM | BY JOHAN AHLANDER AND JOHAN SENNERO
A masked swordsman who killed a teaching assistant and a boy and wounded two others sought out his victims, all with immigrant backgrounds, by skin color in an attack that has fueled fears that a big refugee influx is polarizing Swedish public opinion.
The 21-year-old assailant strode on Thursday through a school in Trollhattan, an industrial town in western Sweden with a large immigrant population, stabbing his victims with the sword before being shot dead by police.
Security footage from the school showed the killer marching through school corridors and stopping to talk to light-skinned students, police said.
"Everything points to this being a hate crime," lead investigator Thord Haraldsson told a news conference. "He selected his victims and attacked the dark-skinned ones and left the light-skinned ones alone."
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Swedish police say sword-wielding killer sought victims by skin color
STOCKHOLM | BY JOHAN AHLANDER AND JOHAN SENNERO
A masked swordsman who killed a teaching assistant and a boy and wounded two others sought out his victims, all with immigrant backgrounds, by skin color in an attack that has fueled fears that a big refugee influx is polarizing Swedish public opinion.
The 21-year-old assailant strode on Thursday through a school in Trollhattan, an industrial town in western Sweden with a large immigrant population, stabbing his victims with the sword before being shot dead by police.
Security footage from the school showed the killer marching through school corridors and stopping to talk to light-skinned students, police said.
"Everything points to this being a hate crime," lead investigator Thord Haraldsson told a news conference. "He selected his victims and attacked the dark-skinned ones and left the light-skinned ones alone."
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Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/10/23/us-sweden-attack-idUSKCN0SH0CE20151023
