In the Swedish city of Vetlanda there was an attack with several injuries.
The police are now investigating suspected terrorism.
Update from March 4, 8:15 a.m.:
According to the latest information, seven people were injured in the stabbing weapon attack in Sweden, which was classified as a suspected case of terrorism.
The police corrected the number of victims down on Thursday night.
The alleged perpetrator was shot by police officers and sustained leg injuries.
He was arrested.
Three of the victims are in mortal danger, two more are seriously injured.
The attacker attacked passers-by in the small town of Vetlanda in southern Sweden on Wednesday.
Initially, the police classified the case as an attempted murder, later the investigators spoke of a possible "terrorist attack".
This was indicated by evidence, said police chief Malena Grann.
Sweden's Prime Minister Stefan Löfven condemned the "terrible act".
Alleged terrorist attack in Sweden: eight injured - police shoot at perpetrators
Update from March 3, 9:35 p.m.:
In an alleged terrorist act in a small town in Sweden, an attacker injured several people.
He was then shot by police in connection with his arrest on Wednesday afternoon and taken to the hospital.
Eight people were attacked and injured, said the local police chief Jonas Lindell at a press conference in the evening.
They would also be treated in the hospital.
How many of them were seriously injured, he couldn't say.
It is now being determined whether there is a possible motive for terrorism, said the police chief of the Jönköping region, Malena Grann.
This was indicated by certain details, which she could not, however, specify.
They work closely with the Swedish security police, Säpo.
There are no signs of further perpetrators.
The investigators did not want to comment on the nationality of the attacker.
The motive and the exact course of trade in Vetlanda remained open.
The police have not yet announced what kind of weapon it was.
In the evening, the Swedish Prime Minister Stefan Löfven commented on Facebook.
"I condemn this terrible violence," he wrote.
His thoughts are with those who were injured in Vetlanda.
"We are reminded of how fragile our secure existence is," said the head of government.
Eight injured after a suspected terrorist attack in Sweden: police shoot at perpetrators
First report from March 3:
Vetlanda - After an attack in a small town in southern Sweden with probably several injuries, the police are investigating suspected terrorism.
The incident in Vetlanda is now classified as a suspected terrorist act, said the Swedish police on Wednesday evening.
Initially, there was an investigation into attempted murder.
A police press conference was planned for the evening.
In the crime in Vetlanda, around 270 kilometers southwest of Stockholm, a man allegedly attacked a number of people with a stabbing weapon.
The young attacker - allegedly a lone perpetrator between the ages of 20 and 30 - was then shot and arrested by the police.
He was taken to a hospital injured.
The motive for the crime was initially just as unclear as the exact type of weapon.
According to police, eight people were affected by the incident in different ways - initially no information was given about the nature of their possible injuries.
Interior Minister Mikael Damberg said in a message that several people had been seriously injured, according to the TT news agency.
There were no reports of deaths.
(dpa)
