| Eslöv school stabbing | |
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| Location | Källeberg School,Eslöv, Sweden |
| Coordinates | 55°50′18″N13°19′07″E / 55.83845619595193°N 13.318510455426779°E /55.83845619595193; 13.318510455426779 |
| Date | 19 August 2021 (2021-08-19) |
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| Deaths | 0 |
| Injured | 1 |
| Motive | |
| Verdict | Guilty; sentenced to 2.5 years in a youth detention centre and must pay damages |
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On 19 August 2021, a stabbing and attemptedmass murder occurred at Källeberg School (Källebergsskolan) inEslöv, Sweden, when a 15-year-old student stabbed a person with a knife before attempting to commitsuicide by cop after aiming anairsoft pistol at first responders.[1]
The perpetrator livestreamed the attack onlive-streaming platformTwitch. There is no screen recording of the livestream and it is consideredlost media; however, screenshots of thelivestream exist.
Sweden and wider Scandinavia have had a history of right-wing extremism, including astabbing attack at a school inTrollhättan, Sweden in 2015. Often these attacks are influenced by a discontent with immigration policies and will target immigrants and minority ethnic groups.[2]
The livestreaming of right-wing terrorist attacks online, thought to have been first used and popularised in theChristchurch mosque shootings, have become increasingly utilised.[3]
At around 8:06 a.m., the perpetrator arrived at Källeberg, at the school'sfootball pitch, carrying agym bag that contained fourknives, twoairsoft pistols, black clothing, aprotective vest andcombat helmet both adorned with patches of theSwedish flag.[citation needed] After using one of the school's changing rooms to put on his clothing, He began a livestream on Twitch using his mobile phone, propping it up to broadcast.[4][1]
Upon starting the livestream, the perpetrator begins playingSerbia Strong and says "Remember lads, Subscribe toPewDiePie", referencing a quote originating from the perpetrator of theChristchurch mosque shootings.[4][1][5]
Three to four minutes into the livestream, he walks in circles and then squats down in front of the camera and gives adouble thumbs-up to the camera and then attaches the phone to the GoPro mount on his helmet and proceeds approaching Källeberg.
Eight minutes and eleven seconds into the livestream, he enters Källeberg. He approaches Niklas Videsson, a 45-year-old teacher who did not recognise him despite being his student. Videsson asks, "You aren't wearing the correct uniform here." He stabs the teacher in the stomach, making him collapse onto the ground and shout in pain.[5]
Fifteen minutes and forty-eight seconds into the livestream, the music has changed to "Don't Stop Me Now" byQueen, and the perpetrator begins walking back to thefootball pitch before being detained by police officer, Mikael Johansson, who orders him to lie down. He aims his airsoft pistol at officer Johansson reminiscent of an attempt atsuicide by cop.[6]: 6 Johansson fireswarning shots at him, the weapon is dropped, he put intohandcuffs and arrested whilst music continues playing.[1][5]
For the remaining four minutes and thirty-three seconds of the livestream, the video stream cuts off but audio can still be heard that the perpetrator tells the officer that he has had enough of life and wants to be shot, the livestream then ends; 25 minutes and 36 seconds in duration.[1][5]
According to police, the perpetrator had an interest inwhite supremacy,national socialism,school shootings and instances ofright-wing terrorism.[1]
The perpetrator had been reported to, questioned and visited by police several times in the year leading up to the attack. In almost every instance the police forwarded the case to social services. Teachers at school expressed frustration at the inaction of social services to the police, having voiced concerns about the perpetrator bringing knives to school and believing he could harm someone at school. Among the officers these concerns were expressed to included an officer who had previously witnessed the perpetrator wearing a swastika arm band and knew the perpetrator had pictures of school shooters and Nazi imagery in his possession.[1]
On 6 August 2021, Swedish authorities received a tip from theFBI entailing that an individual had made plans to commit a school shooting in Sweden, which was traced to the perpetrator. Four police officers visited the perpetrator at his home for questioning. No action was taken against the perpetrator, instead another report was filed to social services.[1]
While he was imprisoned, he had some level of media access, and was reported to celebrateschool shootings and similar attacks as they were actively happening across the world.[7]
On 10 January 2022, a 16-year-old student attacked his school in Kristianstad, Sweden, armed with fourknives, injuring two people. The perpetrator in that case and of this case were in close contact with each other and communicated through online communication. According to the Eslöv school stabbing perpetrator, the two were "blood brothers". They had met on the online video gameRoblox and had been friends for around six years, communicating through various social media platforms and meeting in person four or five times.[8]
The Kristianstad stabbing perpetrator told police that they would discuss and joke about topics likepolitics,racism and the Christchurch mosque shootings livestream. These discussions between him and the police occurred prior to the Kristianstad school attack and were part of the investigation into the Eslöv attack. The extent of the knowledge the Kristianstad attacker had of the Eslöv attacker's plans or if he aided him at all is unclear. He was sentenced to three years in a youth detention.[8]
On 22 December 2021, the Lund District Court sentenced the perpetrator to two and a half years in a youth detention center after being found guilty of attempted murder and nine counts of grossly unlawful threats. He was ordered to pay at least SEK 480,000 ($52,582) to victims.[8]
On 16 March 2022, the perpetrator was convicted for a further four charges of grossly unlawful threats. His sentence remained the same, though he was ordered to pay additional damages.[9]