No fewer than eight persons were stabbed on the neck on Wednesday after a suspected terrorist attacked residents in Vetlanda, Sweden.

Although no death was reported, the police disclosed that a man who was shot in the leg is now receiving treatment in the hospital.

It was gathered that the incident happened around noon on Wednesday, March 3.

Aftonbladet newspaper reported that emergency services received calls from the area near Bangårdsgatan regarding an attack at 2.54 pm.

Ahead of a press conference expected on Wednesday evening, Minister of Interior, Mikael Damberg said that several people were seriously injured.

“These are terrible events and my thoughts go to the victims and their relatives. Right now it is unclear exactly what happened and what the motive was.

“The police have arrested a suspected perpetrator and have initiated a special incident to handle the development of the incident and create security in Vetlanda,” he said.

Karl Melin, press officer for the Säpo security police, told the Aftonbladet newspaper: “We cooperate with the police and if it turns out that it is a terrorist crime, we will be more involved.

“When it comes to suspected terrorist crime, it is the normal security police who investigate it.”

Police spokeswoman Angelica Israelsson Silfver told the same paper: “Some are seriously injured and some are slightly injured, but no one is dead.”

The Police are not looking at any other perpetrators behind the attack.