Five days after Sweden’s deadliest mass shooting, police remain unable to determine the motive behind a gunman’s attack that claimed 10 lives at an adult education centre in Örebro.
Authorities have confirmed that the shooter, who also died at the scene, was a former student of Campus Risbergska in the central Swedish city.
However, police have yet to publicly identify him. Swedish media have reported that the gunman was 35-year-old Rickard Andersson, an unemployed recluse with a history of psychological issues.
Despite extensive investigations, Örebro police commander Henrik Dahlström admitted that no clear reason for the massacre has been established.
“Based on our ongoing investigation, we have yet to determine a specific motive,” Dahlström said during a press briefing. “We are working to understand whether one exists and, if so, what it might be.”
Dahlström also suggested that police intervention had helped limit the scale of the tragedy.
Earlier, police described the scene at the education centre as “an inferno” when officers arrived. The attacker killed seven women and three men, aged between 28 and 68, all residents of Örebro. Some of the victims held foreign nationalities.
The Syrian embassy in Stockholm extended condolences to two Syrian families without specifying details, while Bosnia’s foreign ministry confirmed that a Bosnian national was among the deceased, with another injured in the attack.
As Sweden grapples with the aftermath of the tragedy, Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson was set to address the nation on Sunday evening regarding the ongoing crisis.
