Swedish Foreign Minister Stabbed, Undergoing Surgery

[Kellanved]

STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - Sweden's Foreign Minister Anna Lindh was stabbed in the chest, stomach and arms by an unidentified man while shopping in Stockholm on Wednesday and was undergoing surgery.

Police said her wounds were not life-threatening and she was conscious when carried into an ambulance on a stretcher. But almost two hours after the attack she was still on the operating table at Stockholm's Karolinska hospital, her spokesman said.

Tipped as a future prime minister, 46-year-old Lindh is an active campaigner for Sweden to join the euro in a referendum on Sunday. She was shopping in the upmarket NK store when attacked.

Police said they were seeking a six-foot-tall (1.8-meter) man in an army jacket suspected of carrying out the attack. One local television channel described him as "Swedish looking" and said witnesses saw him throw away a knife near the department store.

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[Wetzelbill]

1. This is nuts, it brings to mind Olaf Palme

[flamingyouth]

2. Scary

She is in line to be PM someday. Very popular, according to my family there. I'll have to check out Dagens Nyheter's site and read more on this.

[phoebe]

3. huh? He was described as "Swedish looking"???

scratches head - in Sweden???.. that is one of the dumbest things I've ever heard.

I hope they catch him and that she recovers fully.

[smirkymonkey]

4. That's like looking for an "American Looking" person..

in America. I mean what does "Swedish Looking" narrow it down to? Like, one in 8.5 million??

Maybe it was a nice way to say that the suspect wasn't "Arab Looking".

[scarletwoman]

5. I imagine so -- "not Arab looking"

In other words, the attacker is "one of us" not "one of them".

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