Two stabbed to death at Ikea store in Sweden

A police office talks to witnesses outside the Ikea store in Vasteras, Sweden after two people were murdered and a third person injured in a knife attack at the store. Peter Kruger / TT via AP

STOCKHOLM // Two people were stabbed to death at an Ikea store in the central Swedish town of Vasteras and a third person was wounded, police said on Monday.

“Police received a call about wounded people at Ikea ... around 1pm (3pm UAE). A man and a woman with stab wounds were found at the scene, they later died of their injuries,” a police statement said.

“Another person is seriously injured. One man has been arrested suspected of murder.”

The wounded person is a man aged around 35 who immediately underwent surgery at hospital, Eva Lindahl, a spokeswoman for the regional health care authority, said.

Police disclosed no other information about the identities of the attacker nor the victims.

But local daily VLT, quoting the store manager, reported that the victims were "ordinary shoppers" and the attack took place in the store's kitchen accessories section.

Swedish television broadcast footage of the store which had been evacuated and was surrounded by police.

* Agence France-Presse