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submitted 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) by teslasaur@lemmy.world to c/world@lemmy.world

What is known so far.

Shooter was 35-year old male

Shooter dead at the scene

The school is what could be described as an adult municipal school (komvux). Classes there are mainly for those looking to improve grades from primary and high school, aswell as SFI (Swedish for immigrants)

Edit https://www.thelocal.se/20250204/police-suspected-school-shooting-orebro-sweden

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[-] febra@lemmy.world 42 points 4 months ago

"School shooting"

"No terrorist intent"

Oh, so the terrorist is white..

[-] teslasaur@lemmy.world 32 points 4 months ago

What does skin color have to with it being classified as terror crime or not? This isn't America.

This is verbatim what the police press officer said

Det finns nu inga misstankar om att det handlar om ett terrorbrott, och polisen tror att mannen har agerat på egen hand, även om man inte utesluter fler med koppling till dådet, säger Roberto Eid Forest.

[-] thisisbutaname@discuss.tchncs.de 30 points 4 months ago

Well, maybe hate crime.

I understand not jumping to conclusions, but a white man shooting up a school for immigrants kinda sounds like a duck

[-] teslasaur@lemmy.world 37 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

While it definitely appears to be a hate crime, i just cant emphasize how different racial relationships are in Sweden compared to USA.

We didn't have a constitution that said people are free, whilst justifying slaves by saying they weren't human, since they were "black"

What we have are cultures that completely clash in modern times due to many, many reasons.

Hate crime, likely, but we don't know. Because Swedish authorities doesn't publicize such info out of concerns of privacy for potentially innocent adjacent.

Grotuesquely enough one tabloid called the suspects father and started asking "why he did it". He hadn't even heard of the crime on the news yet. Its fucking disgusting what they did.

Terrorism, not likely. And saying anything else while the bodies were still warm would have been basis for dismissal as press officer.

[-] WHARRGARBL@lemmy.world 23 points 4 months ago

Thank you for providing context for Sweden, where this happened, for the fuckers who think USA is global.

[-] thisisbutaname@discuss.tchncs.de 14 points 4 months ago

For context, I'm from Italy. I'm just worried about the kind of violence directed specifically towards anyone "different", whether it's about skin color, place of origin or anything else

[-] frigidaphelion@lemmy.world 10 points 4 months ago

Hey some of us americans arent fucking at all so I resent this statement

[-] Moose@moose.best 12 points 4 months ago

Grotuesquely enough one tabloid called the suspects father and started asking "why he did it". He hadn't even heard of the crime on the news yet.

Jesus christ, imagine finding out your son is the perpetuator of a horrific shooting and is dead from a tabloid reporter. I have way more sympathy for the families of the actual victims but it's still awful for the father.

[-] Railcar8095@lemm.ee 6 points 4 months ago

That statement verbatim does less than you probably expected in clarifying.

[-] Danitos@reddthat.com 3 points 4 months ago

I think that's the point. A bit of a reality check for those people who believe they know how things work in other countries based on their very superficial POV, despite failing at the basics.

[-] psmgx@lemmy.world 0 points 4 months ago

Propaganda machine go brrrrrrrrrr

[-] Majorllama@lemmy.world 23 points 4 months ago

Thsi whole planet has got mental health issues and I don't know how the fuck we even start resolving that shit.

[-] NaibofTabr@infosec.pub 22 points 4 months ago

When I look at history, it seems the only times that the violence has calmed down are the periods following some immense, extended, extreme violence, to the point that everyone left living is sick and tired of it and says "no more".

And that... that is deeply frightening in the present context.

[-] flamingo_pinyata@sopuli.xyz 7 points 4 months ago

immense, extended, extreme violence

It's been 80 years since the last round of immense, extended, extreme violence. Those who remember and their children have died, even their grandchildren are old. Here we go again...

[-] Majorllama@lemmy.world 5 points 4 months ago

What's the famous quote? "Those who fail to learn from history are doomed to repeat it."

I think there is a certain accuracy to that statement, but I feel it also fails to recognize the human element involved. We know history now. The average person today knows far more than anyone in the past knew about history ever and yet ... We continue to make the same mistakes as a species.

Some people just want to make change regardless of direction. We feel restless when things are going too well for too long. Even if it's bad change we seek change regardless.

[-] peregrin5@lemm.ee 1 points 4 months ago

So that's why purge.

[-] Iceblade02@lemmy.world 22 points 4 months ago

The reuters article is rather sparse, CNN has a more in depth one.

This is the worst mass shooting in Swedish history to date.

Minister of State Ulf Kristersson held a press conference a few hours ago, and the King has issued a statement also.

It's honestly quite draining with the constantly escalating violence. Many here didn't initially react or realize the magnitude when the initial news hit after lunch citing five people shot.

Right now though one of our most prolific Swedish online forums (flashback) is down due to excessive traffic, and last I saw the news have blown up on mainstream platforms too.

[-] Toes@ani.social 11 points 4 months ago

I'm a little sad that the surprising part about this was that it's not in America. :(

[-] Someone@lemmy.ca 8 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

What's going on in Sweden? We're not used to hearing about this many shootings in a country other than the US.

[-] anamethatisnt@lemmy.world 6 points 4 months ago

Shooter had a hunting license and used his own hunting weapon for the attack. He had no known affiliations with criminals and had no criminal records of his own. He had no income during 2023 according to his tax statements.

Source https://www.svt.se/nyheter/inrikes/det-har-vet-vi-om-misstankte-garningsmannen-i-orebro

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