Just before 12 o’clock, the police received a call about a fight in Jönköping. Once there, it was clear that a man had made his way from a residence to a wooded area between Öxnehaga and Kungsängen with an attachment.
When the police meet the man, a commotion ensues and a police officer is injured. Another police officer fires his service weapon and hits the perpetrator. When the perpetrator is arrested, a firearm that he had on him is also secured. He also allegedly tried to injure another police officer.
According to information to SVT Nyheter, it should not be a gang-related incident, but should have taken place in connection with the care of someone the police suspect suffers from mental illness.
The policeman is said to have been injured with a sharp cut in the armpit where he was not protected, according to information.
Both the perpetrator and the police were taken to hospital, the suspect with serious injuries.
During the day, the police searched his home. He has previously been convicted of threatening an official and violent resistance.
Great effort on site
Is it your colleague who is life-threateningly injured?
– Yes, that is the information we have received from the region. And of course our thoughts go out to colleagues, relatives and other colleagues, says police spokesperson Johnny Gustavsson.
What kind of worship is it about?
– We know what kind of attachment it is internally, but externally choose to call it a sharp attachment.
How do you work on site?
– We have a lot of police officers there and we will search with dogs and drones and carry out a technical investigation. Then an investigation begins because the police fired their weapon, it happens automatically with standard measures.
Investigated as attempted murder
A preliminary investigation has been opened with two criminal classifications, attempted murder and aggravated weapons offence, the latter relating to the firearm that the perpetrator had on him in connection with the arrest.