Schoolgirl Knifed in Gothenburg

Paramedics on scene

 Violence in Sweden Targets 10-Year-Old

Yes, another brutal crime reported today. Fortunately the attacker, an unidentified male in his twenties, failed to kill his young victim. The school stabbing is "the latest in a string of recent knife attacks at schools in Sweden".  According to today's edition of the Local:

A 10-year-old girl had her throat slashed with a knife outside a school in Gothenburg in western Sweden on Monday morning, according to police.


The attack, which occurred outside the Bergsgård school in the Hjällbo district northwest of central Gothenburg, left the girl seriously wounded.

She was taken to Östra Hospital with the knife still in her throat, according to a statement from police, and was later moved to Sahlgrenska Hospital.

Emergency services received a call about the stabbing at 9.51am on Monday morning.

Full story here.