Swedish police said they shot a man dead and found a woman's corpse after being called to a house in the north Swedish town of Boden on Thursday to investigate a suspected assault, APA reports quoting Reuters.
Police said in a statement they had received reports that a man in his 20s had attacked the house's occupants with some kind of weapon. They opened fire when trying to arrest him.
The body of a 55 year-old woman was discovered at the address, while two other injured people were taken to hospital.