Man And Woman Stabbed To Death In Knife Attack At IKEA Store In Sweden

A police officer in front the Ikea in Vasteras today Photo: AFP

Two people have been killed and one man is fighting for his life after a knife attack at an IKEA store in Sweden on Monday. The attack took place at the flat-pack furniture warehouse in the city of Västerås, about one hour west of the Swedish capital Stockholm, police said. The victims have been confirmed as a man and a woman, but it is not known if they knew their attacker.

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A third person, a man in his mid-30s, has been taken to a local hospital with life-threatening injuries 

Vastmanland police said they had received a call reporting injuries at the IKEA store at around 1pm CET.

'We found a man and a woman who had knife injuries and who later died of their wounds,' a police statement said. 

The police said they had taken a man into custody suspected of murder. 

Mattias Johansson, the head of the local IKEA store, told local newspaper VLT that three shoppers had been injured in the attack.

An IKEA spokeswoman confirmed an incident had taken place at the store, but did not provide any further details.