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STOCKHOLM , Mar 22 (AP) \u2014 Two teachers were killed by a student at a high school in southern Sweden, police said Tuesday.<\/p>\n
The 18-year-old student was arrested at the scene on Monday in Malmo, Sweden\u2019s third-largest city. The victims were two women in their 50s, police said.<\/p>\n
The suspect wasn\u2019t previously known to the police and had no criminal record, and police didn\u2019t disclose how the teachers were killed. A motive hasn\u2019t been established.<\/p>\n
\u201cFor now it is far too early to comment on that,\u201d Malmo Police Chief Petra Stenkula told a news conference.<\/p>\n
She said officers arrived and found the suspect and two victims on the third floor of the downtown Malmo Latin School 10 minutes after they were alerted, adding that the situation was then \u201cunder control.\u201d<\/p>\n
Stenkula didn\u2019t confirm a report by the Aftonbladet newspaper, saying the male student himself called authorities to say he had killed two people, had put down his weapons and was on the third floor.<\/p>\n
Police made \u201cseizures\u201d and a forensic examination \u201cwill allow us to better understand what happened,\u201d Stenkula said, adding authorities have no information of any further injuries.<\/p>\n
Police said they were called at 5:12 p.m. Monday. Scores of ambulances and patrol cars rushed to the school and armed police were seen entering the building, which was cordoned off.<\/p>\n
Students at the school, which has about 1,100 students, had gathered to work on a musical and students locked themselves inside classrooms.<\/p>\n
Sweden\u2019s Prime Minister Magdalena Andersson said she reacted \u201cwith sadness and dismay\u201d to the killings, according to the Swedish news agency TT.<\/p>\n
All classes were suspended Tuesday and the school was closed.<\/p>\n
The killings took place in a modern annex of the school, which was founded in 1406 when the pope issued a letter of privilege allowing for its construction and operation. It was originally meant to educate local youth on Christian doctrine and the Latin language.<\/p>\n
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