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Swedish police: Man attacks southern school, injures at least 1 person before they shot him

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Emergency services attend the scene after a masked man attacked people with a sword, at the Kronan school in Trollhattan, near Goteborg, Sweden, Thursday Oct. 22, 2015. At least six people were injured, and the offender was shot by the police. (Stig Hedstrom / TT via AP) SWEDEN OUT (The Associated Press)

Emergency services attend the scene after a masked man attacked people with a sword, at the Kronan school in Trollhattan, near Goteborg in western Sweden, Thursday Oct. 22, 2015. At least six people were injured, and the offender was shot by the police. (Stig Hedström / TT via AP) SWEDEN OUT (The Associated Press)

A crowd gathers outside, as emergency services attend the scene of a sword attack by a masked man at the Kronan school in Trollhattan, Sweden, Thursday Oct. 22, 2015. At least six people were injured, and the offender was shot by the police. (Bjorn Larsson Rosvall / TT via AP) SWEDEN OUT (The Associated Press)

Swedish police say at least one person has been hurt after a man attacked a school in southern Sweden.

Police say they shot him.

Students were seen fleeing Thursday morning from the school in Trollhattan, near Goteborg, Sweden's second-largest city. The Kronan school has 400 students from pre-school to high school.