At the very least two individuals had been injured in an assault on the Malmö Latin College in Sweden on Monday, with officers calling it a "suspected severe crime."

Fredrik Hemmensjö, the college's headmaster, stated in a Day by day Specific report that there's "lethal violence on the faculty." The extent of the accidents was not instantly clear. A police spokesperson didn't specify the ages of these hospitalized or of the one suspect who was arrested.

College students remained in lockdown contained in the classroom whereas authorities investigated, native newspaper Aftonbladet reported. Photographs of the incident present authorities getting into the college with stretchers. One of many college students informed Sveriges Tv (SVT) he noticed the 2 injured victims being rolled away on the stretchers, describing them as "bloody."

The incident comes because the nation's gun violence charge has risen, largely as a consequence of elevated gang exercise, based on a Could 2021 report by The Guardian. It stated that between 2000 and 2003, Sweden's gun violence charge was decrease than many different European nations however has risen to one of many continent's highest.

In keeping with a 2021 report from the Swedish nationwide council for crime prevention, the gun violence loss of life charge in Sweden ranks increased than most European nations, with Sweden having about 4 deaths per million inhabitants per 12 months in comparison with Europe's common of about 1.6 deaths per million.

Violence at Malmö School
Swedish police stated Monday that not less than two individuals had been injured and one individual has been arrested at Malmö Latin College. Above, law enforcement officials attend the scene on the faculty in Malmö, Sweden, on March 21, 2022.Johan Nilsson/TT by way of AP

"Not one of the different nations included within the examine have skilled will increase akin to that famous in Sweden," the report stated, including that almost all of different nations studied noticed decreases in gun murder charges.

A number of college students from the college informed SVT that police got here into the college "with weapons drawn" and informed them to evacuate, however they didn't know what occurred. Many college students had been staying late to work on a college musical, the report added.

Police continued to go looking the premises for extra suspects as college students remained in lockdown, Aftonbladet added. The spokesperson additionally informed the newspaper that authorities want to get witness statements.

The Malmö Latin College continued to be cordoned off as police investigated. Hemmensjö informed Aftonbladet that he was in Gothenburg on the time of the incident however is touring again to Malmö as quickly as doable, calling the state of affairs "completely terrible."

The alarm that one thing was taking place on the faculty, which has about 1,100 college students, started simply after 5 p.m. native time, Aftonbladet reported. Police stated within the Aftonbladet report that they don't anticipate some other accidents.

Replace 3/21/22, 3:41 p.m. ET: This story was up to date with further data.