Sweden stabbing ‘not hate’

A KNIFE attack in Sweden in which a Jewish woman was stabbed multiple times does not appear to be a hate crime, police have said.

A male suspect in his 30s was arrested in Denmark following the attack on the woman, a member of the community in Helsingborg, on Tuesday morning.

Officers cordoned off the street where the attack took place and stepped up security around Jewish areas of the town as they investigated a possible antisemitic motive.

But a police spokeswoman later told Swedish broadcaster SVT that the man and woman did not appear to have previously known each other and that officials were not treating the incident as a hate crime.

“We’re not talking about a hate crime at the moment, just about attempted murder,” local police chief Sven Holgersson said, according to TheLocal.se website.

“Based on the way things are looking right now, it’s an isolated incident.”

The victim’s condition was said on Wednesday to be serious but stable.