A police cordon in place after officers shot a man armed with a knife near the Royal Palace in central Stockholm, on Oct 6.STOCKHOLM - Swedish police said of Oct 6 they shot an armed man outside the Royal Palace in central Stockholm after receiving reports of a disruptive individual carrying a weapon.“The man was hit and taken to hospital,” Stockholm police spokeswoman Susanna Rinaldo told AFP.Rinaldo declined to specify the type of weapon involved, adding that the police operation remained ongoing but that there was no danger to the public.Swedish newspaper Expressen reported that the man approached palace guards armed with a knife and asked to be shot.In a later update, police said it had launched an investigation into “aggravated threats against a public official” and an aggravated knife offence without providing further details. AFP
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