The Swedish police investigates whether Tuesday’s shooting that caused the death of eleven people at the Risbergska campus, an adult education center in the city of Örebro (Sweden) in which the author carried three weapons and a knife, “It was hell”. In a press conference for the media, andThe police chief, Lars Wirén, said that the agents arrived at the scene a few minutes after the alarm received at 12:33 on Tuesday, but that they met with A complicated scenario in the enclosure of about 17,000 square meters.
“They arrived at the place describe the situation as hell. They met corpses and injured, screams and smoke, “Wirén explained.” After about an hour, the most urgent phase of the operation was interrupted to Find the suspect with several weapons dead“said the police chief, who revealed that he had a lot of ammunition without firing.
Given the insistence of the media in which the police officially identify the author and clarify their motives, the police chief said they still have to investigate more. “We do not know the reason yet. We will respond with research (…). We will not talk about that yet because we do not know the motivation, “Wirén said. Although from media like The Guardian They suggest that the investigation focuses racial reasons after it was known that among the dead there were people of nationalities, including Syrians.
The authorities Nor have they wanted to identify the author, although they have clarified that it did not belong to any violent band or a terrorist group. Swedish media already revealed on Wednesday that the attacker was Rickard Andersson, a 35 -year -old Swedish, who lived as a hermit and had social and mental problems. “I had a license for four weapons and three of them had them when we found it,” Anna Bergqvist said in the same press conference, at the head of the police investigation.
Bergqvist pointed out that the police think they know who the shooter is, but that he will not confirm his identity until he is completely insurance, and reiterated that He was not known by the authorities and who acted alone. According to the tabloid AFONBLADETthat quotes official documentation, the young man was a student of the Risbergska campus, although the police assured that he cannot confirm that information. According to the investigations, the author The attack shot the agents and his body was found an hour after the operation, in which up to 130 police officers participated.
Safety measures in schools
In statements to the public broadcaster Radio of Sweden, lTo Minister of Education, Lotta Edholmhe showed this Thursday in favor of introducing Measures to reinforce security In schools. “When I travel through the country, I still see too many open doors through which unauthorized personnel can enter at any time,” he said. EDHOLM defended that, like other jobs, schools must be closed and it must be the direction of the center that decides who has access. The introduction of this type of measures would mean farther from the proposal presented last March by a commission commissioned by the Government to improve security in schools.
The Risbergska campus will remain closed for the rest of the week, although the other municipal schools work normally, while local authorities have enabled telephone lines and several centers for those who need psychological support. “We are all horrified and shocked. This has happened in many parts of the world and now happens here. We must try to understand this crime, “said the school and making a floral offering King Carlos XVI Gustavo, accompanied by his wife, Queen Silvia, and Swedish prime minister, Ulf Kristerson.
#Swedish #police #describe #hell #shooting #caused #dead #Sweden #corpses #injuries #screams #smoke
