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Police arrested a man with a sword who was allegedly threatening people in southern Sweden, local media reported. Police fired a warning shot before handcuffing the man, after he allegedly raised the weapon against them.
The incident took place near the Storbron bridge in the center of Örebro, Sweden on Saturday, Swedish media reported.
Police received warnings of a young man walking around the city and threatening passersby with a sword. When the man encountered the police, he allegedly raised the weapon against them.
"As we were looking for him, he approached a patrol and raised the sword. When he did not lower it, police fired a warning shot," officer Jan-Åke Sjöström of Bergslagen District Police
said, as cited by
Expressen newspaper.
Police tried several times to get the man to put the weapon down before firing, according to
NA reporter Stefan Hazianastasiou, who witnessed the incident.
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