Sweden mourns victims of deadliest shooting, but gunman’s motive remains unknown

Survivors of Sweden’s worst mass shooting on Wednesday recalled trying to save the lives of their comrades at a school for adults in Orebro, a day after a gunman killed 11 people on what the prime minister called a “dark day” in the country’s history.

Police said there was no evidence the suspect, named by Swedish media as Rickard Andersson, a 35-year-old unemployed recluse, had “ideological motives”. A police source also named Andersson as the suspect.

A police spokesperson declined to comment on the name of the suspect.

At least 11 people were killed and several more wounded in the attack at the Risbergska adult education centre in Orebro, a city of more than 100,000 people some 200km (125 miles) west of Stockholm, on Tuesday. The police discovered Andersson’s body at the scene.

Police believe the killer, who they said was not previously known to them, acted alone.

“We will get back on what motives there are,” local police chief Roberto Eid Forest told a press conference earlier on Wednesday.