Teenager injured in shooting at Stockholm school

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A student shot and injured a classmate at a Stockholm school on Wednesday, but the motive was not immediately clear, authorities said.

The student injured at Trangsundsskolan school was initially “awake and able to speak,” said police, who have launched an investigation into “suspected attempted murder.”

School principal Kaj Majuri said he was aware that there had been a conflict between the two students a few years ago, but that it had apparently been resolved.

Police said the shooting occurred in a “confined space” and that “initial information” indicated that no other people were in the immediate vicinity.

The newspaper Aftonbladet reported that the shooting occurred in a school toilet.

About 700 students attend Trangsundsskolan, which includes children from first to ninth grade, aged seven to 15.

Shocked students told Swedish media that they were told to stay in their classrooms after the incident until the all-clear was given.

The two involved in Wednesday’s incident are in grades seven to nine, Majuri told reporters, meaning they are between 13 and 15 years old.

He said there had been no previous indications that the suspect had violent intentions.

The municipality of Huddinge initially reported the use of an air rifle, but later removed this information from its website.

In recent years, Sweden has struggled to contain the increasing gang violence. Shootings and bombings are now taking place in the Scandinavian country on a weekly basis, with some of the perpetrators being young people.

However, Majuri said he was not aware of any connection to gang violence.

“Today there was a conflict between two students that escalated seriously,” he said at a press conference.

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