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KEY FACTS: What We Know About the Deadly Fagersta School Attack in Sweden

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On August 21st, a pupil at a school in central Sweden killed a 17-year-old girl and injured three boys in the second school attack in Sweden in two years. Here's what we know so far.

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The boys at Brinell School are being praised after the FAGERSTA school shooting. They are being hailed as heroes after helping injured classmates. But now thoughts are swirling about what they could have done.

·Stockholm, Sweden
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FAGERSTA/SCHONGAU. An 18-year-old student is said to have killed a 17-year-old and injured three boys in Fagersta, Sweden. According to research by the newspaper Expressen, the suspect had previously moved in an online subculture in which school murderers and other assassins were glorified with videos, memes and AI-generated images. The case thus shows striking parallels to the violence at Welfen-Gymnasium in the Bavarian town of Schongau in Jul…

The shock is great. Former Färjestads player Lucas Forsell has strong ties to the school where the deadly attack occurred. – I still have a hard time taking it in, he says.

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Sveriges Radio broke the news in Stockholm, Sweden on Monday, August 24, 2026.
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