Post by Kronks on Oct 22, 2015 15:27:13 GMT
Sword-wielding killer wearing Darth Vader mask poses with pupils who thought it was a Halloween prank minutes before he hacked one student and a teacher to death in rampage at Swedish school
Man, 21, in mask and helmet launch attack on school in Sweden
Teacher and pupil died, second teacher and student in critical condition
Masked attacker shot inside the school by police and later died in hospital
He had 'expressed extreme-right wing sympathies' on social media
School in Trollhättan, Sweden, has students from pre-school to year 9
The 21-year-old man who launched a sword attack on a school in Sweden and stabbed two teachers and two pupils stopped to pose for pictures with students before continuing his horrific spree.
Wearing a mask and holding a sword already covered in blood, the attacker stands next to two young students at the school, seconds before stabbing a teacher, who died at the scene.
Another teacher was rushed to hospital in in Trollhättan, north of Gothenburg, alongside the injured students, two boys aged 11 and 15, one of whom died in the afternoon.
The anonymous girl who took the photograph told Swedish newspaper Aftonbladet that they thought it was a Halloween prank when they saw the masked man.
As the man moved across the school during his attack, the young student had no idea that the blood on the large knife he was holding was real.
She told the newspaper that she had left her classroom to fetch a pen when she spotted two friends standing with a man wearing a mask and holding a blood-covered knife.
Thinking that the 21-year-old had dressed up as a holiday joke, her friends wanted a picture with him, so she obliged.
Seconds after the picture was taken, their teacher came out of the classroom and told the killer to leave as he was scaring the children.
'He just nodded, then he plunged the large knife into the teacher's right side. The last thing I heard him say was "call an ambulance".'
Kronan is located in an area of Trollhattan with a diverse population and many of the pupils are first or second generation immigrants.
In the weeks before the attack, the 21-year-old, who was described by witnesses as wearing a 'Darth Vader mask and helmet' had expressed sympathies with Nazi Germany and extreme right-wing organisations.
An investigation by magazine Expo into the murderer's social media activities found that he had 'liked' several YouTube videos glorifying Nazi Germany and showed support for anti-immigration and right-wing politicians on Facebook.
Police arrived at the scene shortly after 10am and were forced to shoot the 21-year-old attacker after he turned on police.
The assailant used 'a number of knife-like weapons' to attack students and teachers in the school cafeteria and in classrooms.
'One of my friends opened the door and there's a man dressed in black with a Star Wars mask and a large black sword,' a student witness told Sveriges Television.
Man, 21, in mask and helmet launch attack on school in Sweden
Teacher and pupil died, second teacher and student in critical condition
Masked attacker shot inside the school by police and later died in hospital
He had 'expressed extreme-right wing sympathies' on social media
School in Trollhättan, Sweden, has students from pre-school to year 9
The 21-year-old man who launched a sword attack on a school in Sweden and stabbed two teachers and two pupils stopped to pose for pictures with students before continuing his horrific spree.
Wearing a mask and holding a sword already covered in blood, the attacker stands next to two young students at the school, seconds before stabbing a teacher, who died at the scene.
Another teacher was rushed to hospital in in Trollhättan, north of Gothenburg, alongside the injured students, two boys aged 11 and 15, one of whom died in the afternoon.
The anonymous girl who took the photograph told Swedish newspaper Aftonbladet that they thought it was a Halloween prank when they saw the masked man.
As the man moved across the school during his attack, the young student had no idea that the blood on the large knife he was holding was real.
She told the newspaper that she had left her classroom to fetch a pen when she spotted two friends standing with a man wearing a mask and holding a blood-covered knife.
Thinking that the 21-year-old had dressed up as a holiday joke, her friends wanted a picture with him, so she obliged.
Seconds after the picture was taken, their teacher came out of the classroom and told the killer to leave as he was scaring the children.
'He just nodded, then he plunged the large knife into the teacher's right side. The last thing I heard him say was "call an ambulance".'
Kronan is located in an area of Trollhattan with a diverse population and many of the pupils are first or second generation immigrants.
In the weeks before the attack, the 21-year-old, who was described by witnesses as wearing a 'Darth Vader mask and helmet' had expressed sympathies with Nazi Germany and extreme right-wing organisations.
An investigation by magazine Expo into the murderer's social media activities found that he had 'liked' several YouTube videos glorifying Nazi Germany and showed support for anti-immigration and right-wing politicians on Facebook.
Police arrived at the scene shortly after 10am and were forced to shoot the 21-year-old attacker after he turned on police.
The assailant used 'a number of knife-like weapons' to attack students and teachers in the school cafeteria and in classrooms.
'One of my friends opened the door and there's a man dressed in black with a Star Wars mask and a large black sword,' a student witness told Sveriges Television.
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