The incident should have happened in connection with an Oskars school, a high school in Oskarshamn at 12.30 on Thursday. The injured man was taken to Västervik's hospital, but according to the Kalmar region he should not have been seriously injured.

Young man arrested

Another young man was detained in connection with the incident. The police do not currently want to state whether the injured man and the arrested person have a connection to the school. The arrested man is suspected of attempted murder.

"Given the approach, we have classified it as an attempt at murder," says Katarina Rusin, spokesperson for the Police region south.

Information about the additions

But the police believe that more people have been involved in the serious beatings, which allegedly should also have been used.

- The information that has come to us indicates more people have been involved and we are looking for more perpetrators. We also believe that there may have been several witnesses given the location and time. This is a place where a lot of people are moving and at a time when many are moving, says Katarina Rusin.

Police are now seeking witnesses to the incident and are now calling on people who moved around the scene at 12.30pm to inquire.