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South China Morning Post
16-05-2025
- South China Morning Post
Sweden school shooter's motive was suicide: police
A gunman who killed 10 people in a school shooting in Sweden in February was motivated by a wish to end his life because of financial and psychological woes, police said Friday. The shooter, 35-year-old Rickard Andersson, had repeatedly been denied social benefits, was struggling to survive financially and had mental health problems, commanding officer Henrik Dahlstrom said as he presented the conclusions of the investigation. Police believe Andersson, whose killing spree ended when he shot himself in Sweden's worst mass shooting, experienced 'an ever increasing frustration and hopelessness that developed into a wish to take his own life', Dahlstrom told reporters. Andersson likely chose the Campus Risbergska adult education centre in Orebro as the scene of his crime because he had taken maths classes there from 2019 to 2021, though he failed to complete the course, police said. He even brought an old maths book with him on the day of the shooting, Dahlstrom said. He added that despite the Swedish police's collaboration with their counterparts in Norway, the US and with Europol, many questions remained unanswered about the motive as Andersson's mobile phone and hard drives have never been found.
TimesLIVE
16-05-2025
- TimesLIVE
Swedish police found no racist or radical motives in February school shooting
Swedish police have found nothing to indicate 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 10 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 we see is his desire to take his own life,' police commander Henrik Dahlstrom said, adding Andersson had probably picked the Campus Risbergska location because of his affiliation with the school.
Yahoo
16-05-2025
- Yahoo
Swedish police found no racist or radical motives in February school shooting
STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - 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.
Local Sweden
15-05-2025
- Local Sweden
Swedish police to present investigation into Örebro campus attack
Police in Sweden are set to hold a press conference on Friday to present their investigation into the Örebro campus attack earlier this year. Advertisement 'The press conference will present partially new information about the suspected perpetrator, the conclusions of the investigation and a more collected and visualised picture of the sequence of events before and during the attack,' a police press statement reads. On February 4th, ten people were killed and six were hospitalised in the attack at Risbergska, the main centre for adult education in the central Swedish city of Örebro, before the perpetrator Rickard Andersson killed himself. The last two patients were able to leave hospital on May 13th, although the region has said that all of them will need further treatment. Advertisement Most of the victims had a foreign background. Police operation commander Henrik Dahlström will take part, alongside the regional and vice police chiefs for Bergslagen, Patrick Ungsäter and Niclas Hallgren. The press conference will take place on Friday at 10am.
CNA
29-04-2025
- Politics
- CNA
Sweden gun attack leaves three dead
GANG VIOLENCE The shooting came a day before Uppsala holds the Valborg festival to mark the start of spring. While police sealed off the streets around the hair salon - and a drone flew overhead - they sought to reassure the huge number of visitors expected. "People should not be afraid to come tomorrow," Klarin said. "There are 100,000 to 150,000 people expected in Uppsala for Valborg tomorrow, and there are already a whole lot here today." On Feb 4, the country was rocked by its worst mass shooting when 35-year-old Rickard Andersson entered the Campus Risbergska adult education centre in the city of Orebro and shot dead 10 people before turning the gun on himself. But the Nordic country has struggled in recent years to rein in shootings and bombings linked to score-settling between rival gangs. Earlier this month, two people were killed in suspected gang violence in Gothenburg. A renowned rapper was shot dead in a gang battle in Gothenburg last year. Perpetrators are often young teens who are hired as contract killers because they are under 15, the age of criminal responsibility in Sweden. The number of reported gang deaths fell in 2024 however. In the country of 10.6 million people, 92 cases of deadly violence were recorded in 2024, 29 fewer than 2023, and the lowest level since 2014, according to official data. There were 296 reported shooting cases in 2024, a 20 per cent decrease from the year before, according to the Swedish National Council for Crime Prevention (Bra). Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson's centre-right minority government, which is backed in parliament by the anti-immigration Sweden Democrats, came to power in 2022 with a vow to get tough on crime.
