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Deadly knife attack at IKEA store in Sweden

Deadly knife attack at IKEA store in Sweden
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Two people have died and a third is seriously injured after a knife attack at an IKEA store in Sweden. Local police said they had been called to

Two people have died and a third is seriously injured after a
knife attack at an IKEA store in Sweden.

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Local police said they had been called to the store in the provincial city of Vasteras, west of Stockholm, at around 1300 CET.

“We found a man and a woman who had knife injuries and who later died of their wounds,” local police said in a statement.

The motive of the attack was unclear.

A 35-year-old man was seriously injured, Swedish television reported.

A suspect has been arrested.

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