BBC News in Orebbro, Sweden
Swedish police said they are still investigating the motive behind the most deadly mass shooting in the country, as local media started reporting about the details about the attacker.
The suspects, in reports, was called 35-year-old local man Rickard Andersson, reported that a former student of the school in Orebou, the city of 157 KM (98 miles) west of Stockholm, where the attack took place on Tuesday.
Eleven people died in a shooting, including an attacker, with at least six others injured.
The attack was sent by shock waves on Wednesday, and on Wednesday, King Carl XVI Gustaf said, “All Sweden grieves.”
The authorities have not yet published details about the dead and the injured. Health officials said that three women and two men were in a critical but stable condition, while the other woman was treated with minor injuries.
Police refused to confirm the reports of the media that Andersson appointed as a suspect. Orebbro police said they had identified the suspect, but that “he would not publish his name yet because of the investigation.”
They did not say he died, but on Wednesday indicated that he most likely killed himself after exchanging fires with the police.
Police said it was still investigating why the attacker decided to attack the Risberg Adult Adult Center. Swedish newspaper Afttonbladet reported that the suspect was previously enrolled in school but did not attend classes since 2021.
Police said on Tuesday that the suspect had no obvious relationship with the gangs and that it was not motivated by ideology.
They also do not believe that the attack was motivated by terrorism.
“We’ll get back to motives,” local police chief Roberto Eid Forest said on Wednesday.
The suspect did not have previous judgments and legally received a weapon, local media reported.
The Swedish public television show SVT suggested that it was a hunting weapon, while Swedish Radio said police had listed weapons as an automatic firearm.
Local police chief Mr Forest also defended the delay in the release of accurate information about the number of dead and wounded. He said the size of the school premises led to the delay in ensuring that there were no more victims.
Police said they use fingerprints, dental records and DNA to identify victims – together with interviews with family members.
In addition to providing a Swedish language for immigrants, the Risberg Center also provided adult education for adults over 20 years of age who did not finish elementary or high school.
Earlier, the inhabitants of Orebbro attended a vigil alongside candles outside the educational center, which remained cordinated. The flags around Orebro and in government buildings, parliament and royal palaces across the country are also lowered in half mast.
King Carl XVI Gustaf, who visited the campus with Queen Silvia on Wednesday, told reporters: “All Sweden thinks he has experienced this traumatic event.”
“All Swedes think of those people who lost their loved ones,” King BBC said. He said he was “sure that the earth would overcome the tragedy … one way or another, but it will take time.”
Prime Minister Ulf Kristsson, who also visited a place on Wednesday, described the attack on Tuesday as a dark day in Swedish history.
“Together we have to help the injured and their relatives carry sadness and weight today,” he said.
Additional reporting Johanne Chisholm in London
