Swedish police investigate online networks after teen girl’s death

LifestyleSwedish police investigate online networks after teen girl’s deathBy Reuters -Aug 22, 2026Add ARY News on GoogleAAResizeSTOCKHOLM – Swedish police are investigating whether an 18-year-old man who attacked students at a Swedish high school ​with a sword on Friday, killing one, was involved ‌in online communities promoting school violence, a police source said. The attacker struck at a school in the central Swedish town of Fagersta, also severely injuring two teenage boys before being arrested by police. The parents of a 17-year-old girl told local newspaper ⁠Fagersta-Posten that their daughter was killed in the attack. Police are ​investigating whether a TikTok account that posted a picture of a ​sword 20 minutes before the assault belonged to the suspect, the source told Reuters. According to the Dagens Nyheter newspaper, the image appeared to ​have been taken in a restroom at the school. Before it ​was taken down on Friday, the month-old account contained videos that referred ‌to ⁠two mass violence attacks in Sweden and to Norwegian far-right mass murderer Anders Behring Breivik. It also referenced a 2015 attack, where a masked swordsman killed a teaching assistant and two ​boys at a ​school in Trollhattan, ⁠western Sweden, before being shot dead by police. “The investigators are looking into various online communities ​which might have egged on the suspect to ​carry out ⁠the attack,” the police source said. Prosecutors on Saturday ordered the man’s detention on suspicion of murder and several counts of attempted ⁠murder. “The investigation ​is at an intense stage. We ​are conducting interrogations and gathering information, but I cannot go into specifics,” Prosecutor ​Ann-Sofie Trossing told Reuters. .post__content img .post__content img.alignright { float: right; mar...