Swedish Ikea knife attack in Vasteras leaves two dead

Two people have been killed and another seriously injured in a knife attack at an Ikea store in Vasteras in Sweden, according to police. The dead are a man and a woman, police said in a statement. A man has been arrested on suspicion of murder. Ikea spokeswoman Anna Pilkrona-Godden said that the Erikslund shopping […]

Two people have been killed and another seriously injured in a knife attack at an Ikea store in Vasteras in Sweden, according to police.
The dead are a man and a woman, police said in a statement. A man has been arrested on suspicion of murder.
Ikea spokeswoman Anna Pilkrona-Godden said that the Erikslund shopping centre containing the store had been closed.
The injured victim is a man of about 35, Swedish television reported, citing eyewitnesses.
Officers were called to the store at 13:00 (11:00 GMT) and found three people with knife injuries in the kitchenware section, police spokesman Per Stromback told reporters at the scene.
“The suspect had stabbed three people, of whom two died at the scene and one is very seriously injured and is being operated on,” Mr Stromback said.
“We do not have a motive at the moment,” he added. The Ikea and adjacent shopping centre were cordoned off by police.