Hat tip Dagens Nyheter and Fria Tider.
The below report from Fria Tider links to a Dagens Nyheter report (which has a subscriber block) about the suspect in the Vetlanda stabbing spree. The details from Fria Tider are translated by Fousesquawk. It appears that the man has only been in Sweden a couple of years and speaks poor Swedish. Police refuse to disclose his nationality at this time.
https://www.friatider.se/terrormisstankte-mannen-kom-till-sverige-2018
Terror suspect man registered in Sweden in 2018
Posted March 3 2021 22:51
Domestic: The suspected terrorist in Vetlanda was registered in Sweden in 2018 reports Dagens Nyheter
During a press conference on Wednesday evening, police refused to state which nationality the suspect in the attack in Vetlanda has.
In this suspected terrorist act in central Vetlanda, 8 persons were injured.
Dagens Nyheter reports now that the man was registered in Sweden in 2018 and that he previously was convicted for a low-level drug offense.
" He spoke very poor Swedish and no English; it was difficult to make contact," a neighbor of the man says to DN.
Another neighbor states that a woman used to regularly come to the man's home to help him
The man moved to Vetlanda from another place nearby just a year ago, according to DN.
During the evening, police searched the man's apartment on the ground floor in a residential area in Vetlanda.
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*Update: Swedish media now report that the suspect is a 22-year-old Afghan citizen with a previous drug conviction (cannabis). Name is not available.
According to multiple Swedish media reports, the attacks were carried out in five different locations. Three of the victims are reportedly in critical condition.
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