A man stabbed and killed a woman during the Almentalen political festival on the Swedish island of Gotland, local police said.
According to local media, a man in his 30s has been arrested as a suspect.
The political festival attracts thousands of people and party leaders each year, who give speeches and have the opportunity to talk to voters and tourists.
The website www.thelocal.se says the suspect stabbed the woman in the torso near where Centre Party leader Ani Leef was due to hold a press conference in a few minutes. "I heard a scream, I turned and saw a man throwing someone on the ground (...) and running. A civilian chased him, pushed him against the wall and immobilized him," Maria Arkeby, an eyewitness, told Expressen.
The press conference was cancelled and Leef's security would not let her on stage.
A photojournalist for Swedish news agency TT said the injured woman was given first aid at the scene and then taken by ambulance to the local hospital Visby Lazaret.
A police spokesman confirmed that a man had been arrested and that authorities were trying to establish the woman's identity. According to Expressen, the man does not appear to have a criminal record or any connection to his victim.
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