Attackers who stopped themselves during their own attack?

In January 2021, a 25 year old Swedish man brought knives, axes and homemade bombs to a school, but stopped himself. He did not kill anyone.

In a handwritten letter he left behind, he wrote:

Quote :

I do this for my idols Dylann Roof, Elliot Rodgers and Anton Lundin Pettersson. Don't want to survive my deed

On the day of the attack:

Quote :

Two 17-year-old students are sitting in the café. One boy calls his father on the mobile and tells him that there is a lesson in five to ten minutes. Then he hears someone say "get out of here" and looks up. The axman is one meter from the boy and his companion when he repeats "get out of here". The man swings his body. One ax is at chest height and he holds the other above his head.

The boys think it's a joke. But then the man swings the axes and hits a sign hanging from the ceiling.

The father hears the son say "there's a man standing here with axes" before the conversation ends. The boys see that the man is wearing a face mask and they hear a persistent signal – it's the alarm from the horror film The Purge playing on the 25-year-old's mobile.

"I can't get out of there because he's standing there with two axes. I think I'm going to die. He's going to hit me in the head or something".

When the man yells "get out of here" for the third time, the voice is more aggressive and the boy reaches for his water bottle and sees the ax rise and hit him across the hand.

The man stands still for a few seconds, watching the boys in silence. Only the sounds and music from "The Purge" movie are heard before the man leaves.

Ultimately, he was sentenced to "to closed psychiatric care with a special discharge examination in Varberg District Court."

Picture of his outfit on the day of the attack (worn by a mannequin):

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Edit: originally read this article as him not hurting anyone, but that's wrong; he did hit the teen on the hand with his axe, ""only"" after several times of telling him to leave. Some sources say he was 25, not 26, so I updated the number.

fivefourteam wrote:

In January 2021, a 25 year old Swedish man brought knives, axes and homemade bombs to a school, but stopped himself. He did not kill anyone.

In a handwritten letter he left behind, he wrote:

Quote :

I do this for my idols Dylann Roof, Elliot Rodgers and Anton Lundin Pettersson. Don't want to survive my deed

On the day of the attack:

Quote :

Two 17-year-old students are sitting in the café. One boy calls his father on the mobile and tells him that there is a lesson in five to ten minutes. Then he hears someone say "get out of here" and looks up. The axman is one meter from the boy and his companion when he repeats "get out of here". The man swings his body. One ax is at chest height and he holds the other above his head.

The boys think it's a joke. But then the man swings the axes and hits a sign hanging from the ceiling.

The father hears the son say "there's a man standing here with axes" before the conversation ends. The boys see that the man is wearing a face mask and they hear a persistent signal – it's the alarm from the horror film The Purge playing on the 25-year-old's mobile.

"I can't get out of there because he's standing there with two axes. I think I'm going to die. He's going to hit me in the head or something".

When the man yells "get out of here" for the third time, the voice is more aggressive and the boy reaches for his water bottle and sees the ax rise and hit him across the hand.

The man stands still for a few seconds, watching the boys in silence. Only the sounds and music from "The Purge" movie are heard before the man leaves.

Ultimately, he was sentenced to "to closed psychiatric care with a special discharge examination in Varberg District Court."

Picture of his outfit on the day of the attack (worn by a mannequin):

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[More info + source: google translated version of [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.]

Edit: originally read this article as him not hurting anyone, but that's wrong; he did hit the teen on the hand with his axe, ""only"" after several times of telling him to leave. Some sources say he was 25, not 26, so I updated the number.

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