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Knife attack at Gothenburg supermarket leaves one injured

A man has been left with serious injuries after a knife attack at a supermarket in eastern Gothenburg.

Published: 12 January 2018 15:47 CET

Knife attack at Gothenburg supermarket leaves one injured

File photo: TT

The attack occurred at an Ica supermarket in Kålltorp at around 1pm on Friday, with the victim suffering a knife wound to the chest.

Police launched a huge manhunt for the suspect, with helicopters and sniffer dogs brought in.

One suspect was arrested at around 3pm at an apartment in the same area, although police are yet to confirm if the arrested man is the prime suspect.

“We have arrested a man in his forties,” press spokesperson Hans Lippens told the Göteborgs Posten newspaper.

“We are searching his apartment and we are investigating whether his clothes match the descriptions we have been given.”

Police are also searching the surroundings for the weapon used in the attack.

Officers have officially labelled the crime as an aggravated assault or potentially an attempted manslaughter.

The victim is said to be in a serious condition in hospital. Police said he was stabbed in the chest and in one hand. It's unclear if he was known to his attacker.

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Over a thousand people join protest against Stockholm attack

The demonstration, which was organised by the Left Party and the Green Party together with Expo, an anti-extremist magazine, was held outside the Moment theatre, where masked assailants attacked a lecture organised by the two parties on Wednesday.

In the attack, the assailants – described as Nazis by Expo – let off smoke grenades and assaulted several people, three of whom were hospitalised.

“Let’s say it how it is: this was a terror attack and that is something we can never accept,” said Amanda Lind, who is expected to be voted in as the joint leader of the Green Party on Sunday.

She said that those who had attended the lecture had hoped to swap ideas about how to combat racism.

“Instead they had to experience smoke bombs, assault and were forced to think ‘have they got weapons’?. The goal of this attack was to use violence to generate fear and silence people,” she said.

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More than a thousand people gathered to protest the attack on a theatre in Gubbängen, Stockholm. Photo: Oscar Olsson/TT

Nooshi Dadgostar, leader of the Left Party, said that that society needed to stand up against this type of extreme-right violence.

“We’re here today to show that which should be obvious: we will not give up, we will stand up for ourselves, and we shall never be silenced by racist violence,” said said.

Sofia Zwahlen, one of the protesters at the demonstration, told the DN newspaper that it felt positive that so many had turned up to show their opposition to the attacks.

“It feels extremely good that there’s been this reaction, that we are coming together. I’m always a little worried about going to this sort of demonstration. But this feels safe.”

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