The police were alerted at 00.55 on the night of Sunday about an injured man at Hagakyrkan in central Gothenburg.
A 35-year-old man with knife injuries was found at the scene.
– He has received several injuries on his body from what we believe to be a knife. They are described as serious but not life-threatening, says Andreas Odén, duty officer at the police’s regional command center.
The man was taken to hospital by ambulance.
– We have an ongoing effort at the scene where we are looking for a perpetrator. Part of our work involves investigating possible camera sources, something we do in this case as well.
The police have opened a preliminary investigation into attempted murder.
There are currently no arrests.