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Fear after the shooting in Eskilstuna - students want to wear protective vests
Domestic

1 september 2022

kl. 07.30

After the shooting in Årby in Eskilstuna, where a woman and a 5-year-old boy were shot, the children who go to school in the area are scared.

It was last Friday that a woman and child were shot when they were on a playground in Årby. Witnesses stated that they heard upwards of 15 shots fired in two rounds.

It later emerged that they were most likely not the intended targets of the shots.

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This weekend there was another shooting in Årby and according to Elin Härnby, principal at Årby School, people are getting used to it. At the same time, the students are afraid when they get to and from school.

- I understand that they are worried, it has been shot several times during the spring. Students have asked if they can wear bulletproof vests at school, she says to state television .

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Härnby has been offered extra staff from the municipality, but declined.

- We wanted to start the day as usual, it's about normality. If a lot of people come in from outside, it can worry more than it provides security. We have said that we will wait and check the situation and then we will see.

Shot in the forehead
On Wednesday, more information about the shooting will emerge. According to eyewitnesses, the woman's daughter was also there and was standing right next to her mother when the bullet hit.

- If she hadn't stood in the way, the girl would have been shot in the forehead, says an eyewitness to Expressen