Two Killed in Knife Attack in Swedish IKEA

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"Several hours after the attack, in which a third shopper was seriously injured,police had yet to release any details about the suspected attacker's identity or motive.

There was no indication the attack was terrorism-related. Swedish intelligence agency Sapo told AFP it had not been called in on the case.The suspect was not known to police and did not have a criminal record, a police spokesman for the Vastmanland region, Per Stromback, told the regional VLT paper."

A shaky video clip filmed by a passerby that was published on VLT's website showed police arresting the suspect at a bus stop outside Ikea.

"I saw police come running toward a man standing and waiting at the bus stop. The arrest happened really fast, the man didn't put up a fight but he was loud. He was maybe 30 or 40 years old," Fredrik Pikkuaho, who filmed the clip, told VLT.

Police can be see pushing the man to the ground but the suspect's face cannot be seen clearly.

Direct link to local report...use Translate.google.com for translation

http://vlt.se/nyheter/vasteras/1.3102990-dubbelmordet-pa-ikea

The local police held a press conference at police station in Västerås.
Where it was announced that two men arrested on suspicion of murder. One of the suspects is the 35-year-old man who had surgery during the day.

The other suspect is the man, born in 1992, was arrested after the incident.

- It's a crazy event. As far as we know, did not know the victims and the suspects each other previously, says Per Agren, commanding chief.

The arrested men are 20 and 35 years.
-35-Year-old on suspicion of murder, says Ågren.
None of the men will be known by the police earlier. But they know each other.

The police can not say anything about the reasons for the knife attack, no more than that the victims appear random.

The police have found the murder weapon and the whole attack may have been caught in one of Ikea's surveillance cameras.

The cause of the murder suspect's injuries?
-Yes, We have no indication of how he got them. We do not believe that it is the victims who made them, 'says Ågren." 

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Direct link to video of capture of suspect (not helpful)
http://vlt.se/nyheter/vasteras/1.3102912-tv-polisen-griper-misstankt-utanfor-ikea

"Fredrik Pikkuaho had just come out of the Ikea house when the guards arrived and the staff turned off the store.
- I saw the cops come running towards a man who was waiting in a bus shelter. The arrest went really fast, the man did not resist, but was loud. He is perhaps 30-40 years."

"There was no indication the attack was terrorism-related."

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Update Ikea murders: Mother and son victim of madness (google translation)

Were in Vasteras on vacation - would go shopping at Ikea


As far as we know, did not know the victims and the suspects each other previously.


There was a 55-year-old woman and her 28-year-old son a knife killed at Ikea. In the housewares department broke the killers to - police describe it as a "crazy event," and that the mother and son may have been randomly attacked.

Two men, 23 and 35, is now under arrest on suspicion of murder. 35-year-old on probable cause, the stronger degree of suspicion.

- As far as we know, did not know the victims and the suspects each other previously. However, they suspected a connection to each other. None of them are known by us earlier, says Per Agren, commanding chief.

The alarm came in at 13 o'clock on Monday.

The woman and her son were here on vacation, they lived in a different part of the country, but they were related to Vasteras. They were at Ikea to go shopping. At husgegårdsavdelningen something happened that made them were attacked with knives.

When police and paramedics arrived was the heavily damaged the family on the floor. Their lives could not be saved and died on the spot.

A short distance away found the murder suspect 35-year-old seriously injured.

- We do not know who has injured him, says Ågren.

35-year-old was rushed to the emergency room and he was operated on immediately. He was later transferred to intensive care and the situation remains critical for him.

Several people witnessed the murders that baffle the police. Neither the mother or her son is believed to have defended itself against the attack and thus caused no damage to the 35-year-old.

Unbeknown to one of the store's surveillance cameras - the murder may have been captured on film. The film has been seized and will be reviewed by police investigators.


- We have not found any motive picture than, at present we do not know so much, says Per Agren.

TheLocal.se: Malmo shaken by another hand grenade attack Aug. 10

The hand grenade exploded on a residential street near one of Malmö's busiest bus stations in the Möllevången area of the southern city late on Sunday night.

No one was injured in the blast, which took place at 11pm at a street crossing between Ahlmansgatan and Claesgatan, although some 30 windows were shattered.

Malmö has been hit by more than 30 explosions since the start of the year. At one point in July four grenade attacks were reported in under a week. Last year, a total of 25 blasts took place in the city over the whole of 2014.

Many of the hand grenades are believed to come from former conflict zones in the Balkans. Police have previously linked some of the unrest to an increased import of illegal weapons and recently called for tougher border controls on the Öresund bridge between Sweden and Denmark in a bid to tackle the problem.

Earlier in the summer they also revealed that they were stepping up their presence in known trouble-hit areas such as Rosengård and Seved, where they announced around 30 people believed to be from criminal backgrounds were being tracked by officers.

Last month, concerns were raised that police staff shortages in the city were putting the public at risk, as around a third of the 705-strong Malmö force were on holiday.

Aftonbladet.se posted same video of arrest/better audio Difficult audio, but clearly there is yelling in the background. Allah akbar??? not clear enough - check it out.