Ten-year-old sheltered during sword attack at Fagersta school
Saturday 22nd August 2026 on 21:00 in
Sweden
Bianca Vestlund, 10, was told to shelter in place during the sword attack at Brinellskolan, a school in Fagersta, SVT reported. She said she was frightened after learning that several people had been injured.
Bianca, who attends Per Olsskolan in Fagersta, was with other after-school students on their way to have a snack when they were suddenly told to stay inside. At first, she did not understand why.
“I was drawing and the Smurfs were on. And then we had our snack there,” Bianca told SVT’s Lilla Aktuellt.
She later learned that someone had attacked people at Brinellskolan.
“I felt scared. I felt sorry for those who were seriously injured and injured,” she said.