A police officer at the scene told The Local that another officer was attacked with a knife at the busy square in Stockholm's Södermalm district. #BREAKING Police officer injured in knife attack on #Medborgarplatsen in Stockholm. pic.twitter.com/A4CiAqDpvn — James Savage (@SavLocal) August 31, 2017Public broadcaster SVT reports that an officer told them the attacker is "a man known in the area". A police officer at the scene told The Local's co-founder James Savage that the protesters were not involved. — James Savage (@SavLocal) August 31, 2017The police officer injured in the attack was taken to hospital for treatment on minor injuries and was able to leave later in the day.

Source: The Local August 31, 2017 09:18 UTC