Police shoot armed man outside Royal Palace in Stockholm

Centre · 1Swedish police said on Tuesday 6 October that they shot an armed man outside the Royal Palace in central Stockholm after receiving reports of a disruptive individual carrying a weapon. 1 Centre · 1Stockholm police spokeswoman Susanna Rinaldo told AFP that the man was hit and taken to hospital, and that his injuries were considered serious but not life-threatening. 1 Centre · 1Rinaldo declined to specify the type of weapon, and said the police operation was ongoing but there was no danger to the public. 1

Mixed · 2Swedish newspaper Expressen reported that the man approached palace guards armed with a knife and asked to be shot; the Daily Mirror, citing local media, gave a similar account. 1 2 Left · 1The Daily Mirror reported that police said they fired live rounds, and that witnesses heard between four and five shots and saw 10 to 20 police cars at the scene. 2 Mixed · 2An early Mirror report said it was unclear whether the man was injured and that he was being taken into custody; the later AFP report says he was hit and hospitalised. 2 1

Right · 1In a later update carried by AFP, police said they had opened an investigation into "aggravated threats against a public official" and an aggravated knife offence, without giving further details. 3 Left · 1The palace is the official residence of Sweden's royal family and the workplace of the King and Queen, and much of it is open to the public year round. 2