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title: "Swedish police identify 17-year-old girl as victim in school sword attack"
date: 2026-08-22
modified: 2026-08-23
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url: https://panamadaily.news/2026/08/22/swedish-police-identify-17-year-old-girl-as-victim-in-school-sword-attack/
categories:
  - "World"
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# Swedish police identify 17-year-old girl as victim in school sword attack

Brinell School's principal says 18-year-old suspected of carrying out Friday's deadly sword attack was a student there.

[Read the full story at Aljazeera](https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/8/22/swedish-police-identify-17-year-old-girl-as-victim-in-school-sword-attack?traffic_source=rss)