Victims of Swedish school shooting were seven women and three men, police say

Report from Orebro

Police said on Friday after completing the identity process, that the victims of the worst mass shooting in Sweden were seven women and three men between the ages of 28 and 68 years.
They were killed at an adult education center in the city of Orbro on Tuesday, about 125 miles (200 km) from Stockholm, in an attack that sent a shock via Sweden.
All victims lived in Orebro, but so far the authorities have refused to share their identities or any other details about them.
The police also confirmed on Friday that the suspect was a 35 -year -old man from the area. It was widely named in the Swedish media as Ricard Anderson.
Anna Bergkvist, the BBC police chief, told the suspect that the suspect had killed himself inside the school.
The police confirmed that the suspect has four rifles legally, three of which were found inside the school after the attack along with 10 empty magazines.
On Friday, the coalition government in Sweden announced plans to enhance the country’s laws, which makes it difficult to buy weapons and restrict certain types of gun.
The victims are still not identified
In the absence of the official assertion of the identities of the victims, the information appeared instead through their families and societies.
Among them was Salem Isker, a 29 -year -old man who fled the conflict in Syria in 2015 with his mother and sister after his father was killed.
Isker was studying at the Risbergska Center, where the attack occurred – a common school for immigrants who learned Swedes and other topics.
Isker Kareen Elia, 24, attended Orebro’s memorial service Thursday evening with his mother and other family members.
Jacob Casselia, the priest of the Syrian Orthodox Church, which was attended by Sakr and his family, told the BBC that he was “just a good man.”
“He was not looking for trouble. He just showed goodwill. He was a member of our society.”
Basam Al -Shila, a 48 -year -old baker and a two -year -old father, was named by the Swedish media as one of the victims of the attack.
According to what was reported, he was studying at the Rispergska Center to improve his English.
The Bosnian Ministry of Foreign Affairs said that a citizen of Bosnia and Herzegovina was killed and another was wounded.

In a publication on social media on Friday, Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson acknowledged that the event caused fear among migrant societies, and urged people to “unite and stand behind everything that we are bouncing together.”
He wrote: “My thoughts with the relatives who now received the call that is the worst that you can get. For you, I want to say: You are not alone. We are standing beside you.”
The armed motive is still unknown. The video that was filmed inside the building appears during the attack and published by the Swedish media records a person who uses anti -migrant feelings, but the footage has not been confirmed as accurate by the authorities.
Members of immigrant societies in the Middle East in Orebro Tell the BBC that they feel weak Additional precautions have been taken in days since the attack.
Change to arms laws
On Friday, the right -wing coalition in Sweden, which depends on the support of the Democratic Party in the right -wing Sweden, said on Friday that it would seek to increase the examination of weapons and prohibiting certain types of weapons.
“There are certain types of weapons that are so dangerous that they should only be owned by civil purposes as an exception,” the government said in a statement.
Prime Minister Christmson, on a visit to Latvia, told reporters that the government should “ensure that only the right people have weapons in Sweden.”
Swedish Democrats have said it is consistent with proposals for amending the law, including greater restrictions on access to semi -automatic weapons.
“The work of horrific violence in Orbro raises many major questions about weapons legislation,” the party said in a statement.
The AR-15, a certain pattern of a strong almost automatic rifle and can carry large magazines, has been distinguished by the government as an example of the weapons that can be restricted.

Under the current Swedish arms laws, anyone who is over 18 years old who has no criminal record can apply for a permit to obtain a rifle, gun, or almost automatic rifle.
They should justify the police why they need a weapon. People over the age of 20 can apply for a special distribution to have a fully automatic weapon.
About 580,000 Swedish have a weapons license from the population about 10.5 million, according to numbers from the Swedish broadcaster SVT.
A Swiss study in 2017 found that there are about 2.3 million rifles kept by civilians in Sweden. This is about 23 rifles per 100 people, compared to 29 in Norway and 120 per 100 in the United States.
For a fishing license in Sweden, a theory and practical test are required. About 280,000 Swedish have one.
Sweden has a relatively high level of arms ownership and weapons crime, according to European standards, although most weapons are legally owned and used to hunt.
The crime of weapons is mostly associated with gangs, which also took the use of bombs to target each other.
The crime of unrelated weapons is less common, a Tuesday’s attack on school shooting and the worst group shooting. A total of four people were killed in separate school stab wounds in 2015 and 2022.
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2025-02-07 20:02:00