- The police say that the reason for the mass shooting was not known immediately.
- “There is no information that points to the culprit that acts on ideological motifs.”
- The law agents believe that the alleged author of the crime acted alone.
The Swedish police said Wednesday that “erroneous narratives” were spreading on social networks with respect to the mass shooting on Tuesday in an adult education center, the most fatal weapons attack in the Nordic country.
“We want to be clear that, according to the investigation and intelligence information today, there is no information that points to the culprit that acts on ideological motifs,” police said in a brief statement on their website.
Police said Tuesday that 11 people died and many were injured in the shooting at the Risbergska school in Orebro, about 200 kilometers (125 miles) west of Stockholm.
They said that the reason for the crime was not known immediately, and that they believed that the alleged author, who was among the dead and was not previously known for the police, acted alone.
Prime Minister Ulf Kristerson said Tuesday that the attack was the worst mass shooting in Swedish history, calling him a “painful day”, while King Carl XVI Gustav transmitted his condolences.
Sweden has been fighting with a wave of shootings and bombings caused by a problem of endemic gang crimes that has seen the country of 10 million people register with great the highest per capita armed violence rate in the EU in the last years.
However, fatal attacks in schools are rare.
Ten people died in seven incidents of mortal violence in schools between 2010 and 2022, according to the Swedish National Council for crime prevention.
