Eleven people fell dead yesterday, Tuesday (4/2) in the Orembros, in central Sweden, when. Among the dead is the perpetrator, whose motives have not yet been known. The armed attack is the worst thing in a school institution in the history of the country.
Ulvis Christenson: Painful Day for Sweden
“It’s a painful day for Sweden,” Prime Minister Ulphrostason commented in a post on the X platform. Ulphrostason noted that there are still many unanswered questions.
“People were dying today,” said Roberto Eid Forrest, the Orembros police chief. The perpetrator was not known to the police authorities, “it had nothing to do with gangs,” he added, and expressed the assessment that no other attacks would be made.
35 years old the perpetrator with a white criminal record
According to the TV4 television channel, the alleged perpetrator was 35 years old and late in the afternoon, police searched his home in the Orembros. He had a weapon license and his criminal record was white.
At the Rysberrska School, where the events unfolded, adults who are preparing for high school diploma exams.
Shots stopped for half an hour and resumed
Two teachers, Miriam Yarlevalwal, and Patrick Sondmann, told the Dagens Nyheter that they had heard shots in a corridor around noon. “The students came and told us that someone was shooting. We heard other shots. We didn’t go out, we hidden under our offices (…) The shots stopped for half an hour, then they resumed, “the teachers said.
Students and students of neighboring schools remained excluded for hours in the buildings, with parents of the youngest of them waiting anxiously.
‘Schools should be safe’
“It’s crazy, absolutely crazy. I’m angry, I’m shocked. This should not happen. Schools should be safe, both for adults and children, “said Sia Sandel, 42, after receiving her children.
In recent years, it has been facing gang violence, with exchanges of fire and explosions of improvised mechanisms. But few serious incidents have occurred in schools. In March 2022, an 18 -year -old student stabbed and killed two teachers in a Malmo high school in southern Sweden. Two months earlier, a 16 -year -old man was arrested after knife injuring a classmate and a teacher at the Toss of Christnstadt. In October 2015, three people were killed in a racist attack at a Trolhattan city school. The perpetrator, armed with a sword, was killed by police.
Mr. Mitsotakis: Solidarity Greece
“Greece stands in solidarity in Sweden at this painful moment,” the prime minister said in a post in English about a school attack in Sweden.
“Shocked by the tragedy in Örebro. Schools should be learning and security, never violence. Greece stands in solidarity in Sweden at this painful moment. Our thoughts are with the victims, their families and the community affected by this heinous act. “
His disgust was expressed by a school attack at Örebro. The Foreign Minister, in his post on X, expressed his support for the victims’ families and specifically said:
“Shocked and disgusted by today’s attack on a school in Örebro. Our thoughts are in the victims and their families. We stand by the people of Sweden at this difficult time. “
Sources: RES-EIA, Reuters, AFP
