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Stockholm: Police Shoot Knife-Wielding Man Near Royal Palace

Swedish police shot a man armed with a knife who acted aggressively near the Royal Palace in central Stockholm, leaving him hospitalized with serious injuries.


The Royal Palace in Stockholm, 2012
The Royal Palace in Stockholm, 2012 · Photo: Arild Vågen · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Swedish police shot an armed man who was behaving aggressively outside the Royal Palace in central Stockholm, Dutch newspaper De Telegraaf and Romanian news outlet G4Media reported. According to the reports, the incident occurred on Tuesday evening after police received alerts regarding a violent individual carrying a weapon in the area.

According to the reports, the man was armed with a knife, approached palace guards, and reportedly demanded to be shot. Officers responding to the scene opened fire and struck him, after which he was transported to a hospital in serious condition.

The circumstances surrounding the incident and the identity of the suspect have not yet been officially released.

Sources: De Telegraaf, G4Media

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