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  • Local authorities say that three people who sustained life threatening injuries in a knife attack in the southern Swedish town of vet Luanda were in a stable condition on Thursday.

  • The attack on Wednesday afternoon is being investigated as attempted murder, but investigators are also considering a possible terrorism motive, police said.

  • Police raided an apartment believed to be the home of the suspect, who stabbed and wounded seven people a man in his twenties.

  • He is also in hospital after police shot and arrested him.

  • Public broadcaster SVT said the suspect was a refugee from Afghanistan who arrived in Sweden in 2018.

  • Police declined to comment.

  • I'm not CEO, this local resident says.

  • He grew up in the area and has never experienced anything like this.

  • The police have not identified the suspect, but said he was known for minor crimes.

Local authorities say that three people who sustained life threatening injuries in a knife attack in the southern Swedish town of vet Luanda were in a stable condition on Thursday.

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