Man armed with axe injures eight in possible terrorist attack in Sweden

A man in his 20s is in custody after being shot in the leg by police following the attack in Vetlanda

A man armed with an axe has attacked and injured eight people in a southern Sweden town in what authorities called a suspected terrorist crime.

Police said the man in his 20s attacked people in the small town of Vetlanda, about 190 km (118 miles) southeast of Goteborg (Gothenburg), Sweden's second largest city, on Wednesday afternoon. His motive was not immediately known.