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Swedish prosecutors hold second man over deadly school attack

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STOCKHOLM, Aug ‌26 (Reuters) - Swedish prosecutors have apprehended ​a second person suspected of involvement in last ⁠week's attack at a school in which a 17-year-old girl was killed and three ​people were injured by a man wielding ‌a sword, they said on Wednesday.

On Friday, police arrested an 18-year-old man they said was ⁠believed to have carried out ⁠the attack at the Brinell high school in the central Swedish town of Fagersta, and launched an extensive investigation.

The second ‌man was held on suspicion of accessory ⁠to murder and accessory to ‌attempted murder, and a ​decision will be made on Thursday on whether to ask a court to ‌formally detain him, the prosecution ​authority said in ⁠a statement on Wednesday.

The agency did ‌not say how ⁠the second suspect may have aided the attacker.

A source on Saturday said police were ​investigating whether the ‌18-year-old attacker was involved in online communities ⁠promoting school violence.

(Reporting by ​Anna Ringstrom; Editing by Terje Solsvik ​and Conor Humphries)

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