Sweden school sword attacker had 'racist' motives, say police

[WorldNews]

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Trollhättan (Sweden) (AFP) - A sword-wielding man who killed two people at a Swedish school with many immigrant pupils was motivated by racism, police said Friday, as hostility towards refugees mounts across Europe. On his social media accounts, the attacker comes across as a loner fascinated by Hitler, Nazi Germany and Sweden's far-right Sweden Democrats party, which is critical of Islam and rising immigration to Sweden. A country of 9.8 million, Sweden expects to receive up to 190,000 asylum applications this year -- putting it among the EU states with the highest proportion of refugees per capita as the continent struggles with a massive influx of migrants.

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