Shootout in Kalix – man with knife shot by police – Aftonbladet

A knife gunman should assaulting a police officer in Kalix on Wednesday afternoon. Then seized the other officers in – and shot against the person.

– The man is hit and taken to hospital, says Kristina Sjöström, CIO at the police unit in Norrbotten, Aftonbladet.

A police has shot against a knife gunman in Kalix, reports P4 Norrbotten. The man is hit and taken to hospital.

It was at 14:30 on Wednesday afternoon that police were warned that a man in their 30s behaved threateningly.

Police patrols were sent to the scene, a residential area in the village of Nyborg, and where the man went on the attack against the police officers and the police car.

– he had a weapon, but I do not comment on what type of weapon at the moment, says Kristina Sjöström, CIO at the police unit in Norrbotten, Aftonbladet.

According to P4 Norrbotten tillhygget should have been a knife. When the man went on the attack against the police officers shot the man.

– The police were forced to use their service weapons and shoot for effect against man, says Kristina Sjöström.

Villa neighborhood where the shooting incident occurred comprises seven properties and has been cordoned off, writes NSD. The road is completely sealed off and police technicians working on the site, there are also paramedics.

How Damaged The victim is the man wants Christina Sjostrom not comment.

– I can not give any details of the injury situation. The man is hit and taken to hospital, she says.

The man has been arrested on suspicion of, among other things, attempted aggravated assault, and the police have launched a preliminary investigation.

– He is known to police in the past. I will not comment more about it, says Kristina Sjöström.