Investigator Thord Haraldsson says the student, whom he didn't identify, got a bruise on the arm when pushed aside by Anton Lundin Pettersson, the masked, sword-wielding attacker who was fatally shot by police.
Haraldsson said Friday the student was hit when Lundin Pettersson deadly stabbed a 20-year-old teacher's assistant who tried to shield others. A 15-year-old student later was fatally stabbed.
The October 22 attack was labeled as a racist hate crime with police saying Lundin Pettersson methodically selected dark-skinned victims at Trollhattan's Kronan school, where most students are foreign-born.
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