Swedish gunman kills seven in park

Saturday 11 June 1994 23:02 BST

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STOCKHOLM - A 24-year-old army officer armed with an assault rifle killed seven people and seriously wounded another early yesterday in the central Swedish town of Falun, police said. Authorities called it the worst violent crime in modern Swedish history.

The gunman was arrested and confessed to the crime, police said, adding that he apparently was drunk at the time of the killings in a park. Five of those killed were young women serving in the voluntary women's army auxiliary corps. Two men who were passing by were also killed.

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