A teenage girl is charged with attempted murder of 17 people at a primary school in Nybro, Sweden. The attack was narrowly averted by a teacher who disarmed the girl, preventing a potential tragedy. The girl, who had armed herself with knives and researched online how to kill, admitted her intentions and has been found to suffer from a severe mental disorder.
Teacher Thwarts School Attack: Teen Girl Charged
Teacher Thwarts School Attack: Teen Girl Charged
A teenage girl is charged with attempted murder of 17 people at a primary school in Nybro, reports Barometern. According to the prosecutor, a violent attack on a group of first graders was narrowly averted by a teacher.
On May 23, the girl arrived at the school armed with two kitchen knives and three razor blades. Prior to this, she had researched online how to kill with a knife.
A first-grade class with two teachers was the first she encountered in a narrow school corridor. She drew two knives and approached the children.
A teacher intervened, wrestling the girl to the ground and disarming her. The teenage girl then attempted to stab the teacher in the abdomen, according to the indictment.
"It was truly a heroic act on her part that became completely life-changing," prosecutor Nina Erlandsson told the newspaper about the teacher.
The prosecutor refers to the girl's own statement during interrogation that she was at the school to kill.
The girl, who is also charged with a serious violation of the knife law, admits to the charges. She has undergone a forensic psychiatric examination which showed that she suffers from a severe mental disorder.