School shooting in Örebro, Sweden

Spiritual_Chaos
Spiritual_Chaos Posts: 31,519
edited February 4 in A Moving Train
5 people seem to have been shot. 

Press conference 15:30.

Örebro is the hometown of Swedish punkband Millencolin, their album "Pennybridge Pioneers" being a word-by-word translation of the city of Örebro.

Pretty sure this is the first school shooting in Sweden's history. 
"Mostly I think that people react sensitively because they know you’ve got a point"
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  • DE4173
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  • bootlegger10
    bootlegger10 Posts: 16,263
    Horrible.  Hopefully everyone ends up okay.
  • benjs
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    I’m so so sorry to hear this. I’ll be interested to see what a progressive country like Sweden does to try to prevent this, versus when it happens in the Divided States.
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  • HughFreakingDillon
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    sorry to hear that, Swede. 
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  • F Me In The Brain
    F Me In The Brain this knows everybody from other commets Posts: 31,843
    That is awful.
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  • Spiritual_Chaos
    Spiritual_Chaos Posts: 31,519
    edited February 4
    Over ten dead. 

    Shooter seem to be 30-40 years. So shooting at school more than ”school shooting” (as in not a kid being the shooter)
    Post edited by Spiritual_Chaos on
    "Mostly I think that people react sensitively because they know you’ve got a point"
  • Gern Blansten
    Gern Blansten Mar-A-Lago Posts: 22,318
    Over ten dead. 

    Shooter seem to be 30-40 years. So shooting at school more than ”school shooting” (as in not a kid being the shooter)
    holy shit that's awful
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  • nicknyr15
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    Damn that’s awful. 
  • josevolution
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    Oh damn that sucks for everyone involved! 
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  • PJ_Soul
    PJ_Soul Vancouver, BC Posts: 50,723
    Over ten dead. 

    Shooter seem to be 30-40 years. So shooting at school more than ”school shooting” (as in not a kid being the shooter)

    I read that it was actually an adult education school or something, not one for kids, so maybe it was actually a student.
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  • mace1229
    mace1229 Posts: 9,853
    Over ten dead. 

    Shooter seem to be 30-40 years. So shooting at school more than ”school shooting” (as in not a kid being the shooter)
    I don't think we make that distinction here. Some of our more infamous school shootings were exactly that.
  • Spiritual_Chaos
    Spiritual_Chaos Posts: 31,519
    PJ_Soul said:
    Over ten dead. 

    Shooter seem to be 30-40 years. So shooting at school more than ”school shooting” (as in not a kid being the shooter)

    I read that it was actually an adult education school or something, not one for kids, so maybe it was actually a student.
    Yes true. 

    Its a ”school centre” that has some adult education and SFI (Swedish for Immigrants) classes. 

    Based on the last part people here seem to think it was racially motivated. But who knows. 
    "Mostly I think that people react sensitively because they know you’ve got a point"
  • mickeyrat
    mickeyrat Posts: 44,654
    PJ_Soul said:
    Over ten dead. 

    Shooter seem to be 30-40 years. So shooting at school more than ”school shooting” (as in not a kid being the shooter)

    I read that it was actually an adult education school or something, not one for kids, so maybe it was actually a student.
    Yes true. 

    Its a ”school centre” that has some adult education and SFI (Swedish for Immigrants) classes. 

    Based on the last part people here seem to think it was racially motivated. But who knows. 

    Is it known if it was those killed were targeted specifically or just targets of opportunity?  that being known, would suggest if this was racially morivated. that fact if doesnt make this worse or better,  its still. the same sad tragedy.

    whats the public response been like? government response?
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  • Spiritual_Chaos
    Spiritual_Chaos Posts: 31,519
    mickeyrat said:
    PJ_Soul said:
    Over ten dead. 

    Shooter seem to be 30-40 years. So shooting at school more than ”school shooting” (as in not a kid being the shooter)

    I read that it was actually an adult education school or something, not one for kids, so maybe it was actually a student.
    Yes true. 

    Its a ”school centre” that has some adult education and SFI (Swedish for Immigrants) classes. 

    Based on the last part people here seem to think it was racially motivated. But who knows. 

    Is it known if it was those killed were targeted specifically or just targets of opportunity?  that being known, would suggest if this was racially morivated. that fact if doesnt make this worse or better,  its still. the same sad tragedy.

    whats the public response been like? government response?
    Everyone's in disbelief. It's a huge event here obviously. The PM held a press conference, saying the things one can expect.
    "Mostly I think that people react sensitively because they know you’ve got a point"
  • axeljohan
    axeljohan Posts: 477
    edited February 5
    Can we make assumptions about the colour of the shooter's skin based on the fact, that people like Marie LePen, Nigel Farage and Alice Weidel don't push this news down our throats?
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  • Spiritual_Chaos
    Spiritual_Chaos Posts: 31,519
    axeljohan said:
    Can we make assumptions about the colour of the shooter's skin based on the fact, that people like Marie LePen, Nigel Farage and Alice Weidel don't push this news down our throats?
    His identity is known now
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  • Spiritual_Chaos
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    In order to obtain a firearms license, one must undergo an aptitude test. It is the police who do that test. One requirement is that you must have an approved qualification to hunt.

    "Mostly I think that people react sensitively because they know you’ve got a point"
  • axeljohan
    axeljohan Posts: 477
    axeljohan said:
    Can we make assumptions about the colour of the shooter's skin based on the fact, that people like Marie LePen, Nigel Farage and Alice Weidel don't push this news down our throats?
    His identity is known now
    And still no posts from right-wing-assholes about that, so I suppose the shooter is white.
  • DE4173
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    In Sweden? No way.
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  • Spiritual_Chaos
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    axeljohan said:
    axeljohan said:
    Can we make assumptions about the colour of the shooter's skin based on the fact, that people like Marie LePen, Nigel Farage and Alice Weidel don't push this news down our throats?
    His identity is known now
    And still no posts from right-wing-assholes about that, so I suppose the shooter is white.
    Yes. Cacaution. "Swedish" name. 
    "Mostly I think that people react sensitively because they know you’ve got a point"