What do we know about the suspect?

On Tuesday afternoon, the gunman behind Sweden’s worst-ever mass capturing paced up and down by means of the corridors of Risbergska grownup instructional centre.

His steps could possibly be heard exterior the classroom of Hellen Werme, a 35-year-old nursing pupil.

“We heard three pictures, one after the one other, and panicked. My instructor shouted: ‘shut the doorways, lock them and conceal,'” she tells Sweden’s TV4 Information.

Police haven’t formally named the attacker however he has been recognized as Rickard Andersson, 35, by Sweden’s public broadcaster SVT.

The gunman was amongst eleven people who died within the assault within the central Swedish metropolis of Orebro.

Native media paint an image of a recluse who lived regionally and legally owned a weapon.

Here is what we all know up to now.

The suspect was unknown to police they usually consider he acted alone.

Officers stated he had no hyperlinks to gangs and is believed to have acted “with none ideological motive”.

In addition they don’t consider the assault was motivated by terrorism.

“It is a altering state of affairs. The data we gave earlier continues to be legitimate, however might change later,” stated native police chief Roberto Eid Forest.

When officers attended the scene they had been “shot at”, he added, however none had been injured.

Police then discovered the suspect lifeless – and Mr Forest stated it appeared he had killed himself.

In an interview with the Aftonbladet tabloid, a relative of the suspect stated he had not had a lot contact with household lately and was unemployed.

“As a baby he was totally different however full of life,” the relative stated. “He did effectively in school. However latest years had been powerful for him.”

One other relative stated the suspect, who reportedly modified his surname eight years in the past, was a “recluse” and will have had psychological well being issues.

They stated: “Earlier than, he had a good friend he spent a number of time with, however not now. He needs to be on his personal. He does not appear to love individuals a lot.”

Hours after the assault, closely armed officers raided a flat in Orebro believed to be registered to the person, utilizing drones and a ladder truck, in accordance with Swedish Radio.

The broadcaster discovered he had no convictions to his identify and had declared no earnings over the previous few years.

Based on Swedish Radio, the continued police investigation lists an automated firearm because the weapon used.

SVT steered it was a looking weapon owned legally by the suspect.

Throughout Wednesday’s press convention, Mr Forest was unable to verify any particulars in regards to the weapon, or say whether or not a number of was used.

Police stated 11 individuals had died, together with the suspected gunman.

Well being authorities stated three girls and two males had been in steady but crucial situation after operations for gunshot wounds. One other lady was receiving look after minor accidents.

As of Wednesday morning, not all victims had been recognized.

Police stated they had been utilizing fingerprints, dental data and DNA to determine them – alongside interviews with members of the family.

The varsity it occurred at gives grownup training for individuals aged over 20 who didn’t end main or secondary faculty, in addition to Swedish courses for immigrants.

Maria Pegado advised Reuters she took all of her 15 college students out into the hallway they usually began operating. “I noticed individuals dragging injured out, first one, then one other. I realised it was very critical,” she stated.

Two younger residents who spoke to the BBC stated they feared a racial element to the shooting, given most of the college students had been identified to be immigrants.

One other instructor, Lena Warenmark, stated there have been unusually few college students on the faculty on the day as many had gone dwelling after sitting a nationwide examination.

The native municipality supplied help on the metropolis’s Haga Church, whereas Orebro Mosque saved its doorways open on Tuesday night to offer help for group members.

Police first acquired studies of a capturing going down in Orebro, a metropolis 200km (124 miles) west of Stockholm, at 12:33 native time (11:33 GMT) on Tuesday.

The capturing was at Campus Risbergska – a kind of faculty for adults referred to as Komvux in Swedish, which is primarily for individuals who didn’t end main or secondary training. There are different colleges additionally on the campus.

Lecturers have described listening to pictures ring out, resulting in them fleeing lecture rooms or barricading themselves inside.

Police locked down six colleges and a restaurant within the space, and other people had been advised to remain away or keep inside their houses.

Footage on social media additionally appeared to indicate college students hiding underneath desks.

A video filmed from a balcony additionally appeared to indicate the sound of pictures fired in fast succession, as individuals rushed away:

Within the first few hours after the assault, there was confusion over the variety of individuals damage.

Regardless of media studies of fatalities, when the police first gave an official briefing at 15:30 native time, they stated that solely 5 individuals had been injured.

Swedish media continued to report that a number of individuals had died, earlier than police confirmed in an replace at 18:00 native time that “round ten” had died.

Later that night time, this was revised as much as 11 lifeless, together with the shooter.

The rationale it took so lengthy to present a loss of life toll was as a result of dimension of the college premises, in accordance with native police chief Mr Forest.

Very uncommon. Whereas there have been faculty shootings in Sweden earlier than, they haven’t been of this magnitude.

It’s “the worst mass capturing in Sweden’s historical past” stated Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson, as he urged individuals to not speculate in regards to the motive.

Gun legal guidelines are strict in Sweden, the place “law-abiding and well-behaved” adults should have the ability to “certify the aim” of their want for a weapon licence.

The most typical functions for gun possession are looking and goal capturing. Greater than 5% of the inhabitants legally personal a firearm.

Final September, there was a college capturing south of Stockholm, when a 15-year-old is suspected to have wounded a classmate – though that assault was linked to Sweden’s wider downside of gang violence.

In 2022, two lecturers at a college in Malmo had been killed by an 18-year-old pupil wielding an axe and knives.

In 2015, a masked man who was armed with a sword and had “racist motives” killed a teacher and pupil at a southern Swedish school.

Extra reporting by Francesca Gillett