Shortly after lunch on Thursday, a girl was stabbed in the stomach in Brunnsparken in central Gothenburg.
The condition of the injuries was initially assessed as serious but stable, according to the police.
According to Sahlgrenska's press service, the situation was the same, serious but stable, shortly before 4 p.m.
A woman was also injured.
According to the police, she is a relative of the girl and was slightly injured.
According to the police, she did not recognize the perpetrator.
She was able to leave the hospital in the afternoon.
They were arrested by members of the public in Brunnsparken
A 35-year-old man was arrested shortly after the incident.
In the afternoon, he was arrested by prosecutors on suspicion of attempted murder.
- It is helpful members of the public who have managed to arrest the person at the scene.
The police were on the scene shortly afterwards and were able to take over this arrest, says Hans-Jörgen Ostler, the police's press spokesperson on the spot in Brunnsparken.
It is not determined if the man and the girl knew each other.
- Whether they have any relationship is unclear at the moment, says Hans-Jörgen Ostler.
Do you think there are more perpetrators?
- We don't close the door to that, but we don't think so at the moment.
Motive unknown
The police are also trying to get a handle on the motive.
- We do not know why this has happened and do not have a motive for this at the moment, says Peter Adlersson, press spokesperson at police region West.
The police have cordoned off an area in central Gothenburg.
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Brunnsparken was blocked off
The police worked around 2 p.m. to secure the scene, including by having a helicopter in the air, and to secure evidence.
They did not want to say whether the knife has been seized.
- We have certain attachments, I cannot say exactly what they are, says Hans-Jörgen Ostler.
At 3:50 p.m., the police announced that the roadblocks had been lifted and that tram traffic was running again.
Diana Hamid works next to Brunnsparken.
- It is completely unimaginable.
You become completely shaken, she says.
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Hear Diana Hamid and Mari Mostofi outside the barriers.
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The text is updated.