16-05-2025
Swedish police found no racist or radical motives in February school shooting
FILE PHOTO: Police officers gather for a national minute of silence for the victims of the Risbergska School shooting that took place on February 4, at a memorial site in Orebro, Sweden, February 11, 2025. TT News Agency/Jessica Gow via REUTERS/File Photo
STOCKHOLM - Swedish police have found nothing to indicate that the gunman in the country's deadliest mass shooting, at an adult school in February, had racist or radical views, investigators said on Friday.
The perpetrator, named by police as Rickard Andersson, shot dead ten students and teachers at the Campus Risbergska school in the city of Orebro before killing himself in the mass shooting on February 4.
The 35-year-old Andersson, a former student at the school, was described by police as a recluse who owned four licensed firearms.
"The motive that we see is his desire to take his own life," police Commander Henrik Dahlstrom said in a statement, adding that Andersson had probably picked the Campus Risbergska location because of his affiliation with the school. REUTERS
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