Syrian refugees killed in Swedish gunman’s attack on school happymamay

Joel Gunter and Paul Kirby

In Orbro and London

Reuters stand next to the candles and flowers located near the Rispergska SchoolReuters

Candles and flowers were left outside the school on the anniversary of the victims of the attack on Tuesday

The Syrian embassy in Stockholm says that the Syrians were among the 10 victims of the militant who made the worst shooting in Swedish history, at a school in Orbro this week.

The suspect, the 35 -year -old Riccard Anderson, was killed in the attack, but the police have not yet met him and have not given a motivation.

The embassy’s announcement, on its Facebook page, was the first indication of those who were killed in a Tuesday’s attack at Risbergska School.

He did not provide any details about the number of Syrians who took place in the attack, but he said: “We offer our sincere condolences and sympathy for the families of the victims, including dear Syrian citizens, and to the friendly Swedish people.”

Anna Bergkvist, the police chief of investigation, told the BBC that the police could only confirm that people of nationalities and multiple ages have occurred in the attack.

Salem ISKEF, a 29 -year -old Orthodox Christian who fled the war in Syria in 2015, was named as 10 victims of fire.

The Santa Maria Church in Orbro said his life was tragicly ended in the attack. Swedish reports stated that he became a Swedish citizen and was scheduled to marry in June.

His aunt told AlkomPis his website on his website that he had made a video call to his mother to say that he had been shot and asked her to take care of his fiancée.

The Bosnian ambassador, Swedish Daily Exprin, said that Bosnian citizens were also among the victims. He said that one of them was injured and another was missing. The Bosnian Ministry of Foreign Affairs expressed its condolences and talked about the great Bosnian society in Orbro.

The police in Orbro said that the alarm was arose at 12:33 (11:33 GMT) on Tuesday and after about five minutes, the first patrols arrived at the school, which is located on a large educational campus, about 200 km (124 km) west of Stockholm.

On Thursday, the regional police chief Lars and Rin told a press conference that 130 police officers eventually arrived at school.

They faced what can only be described as “hell” when they entered school buildings on Tuesday, he said: “The dead, screaming and smoke.”

He talked about a scene of chaos, where people are running inside and outside a very large school that extends more than 17,000 square meters.

Wiren BBC told that there was no evidence that bombs were detonated, but she said that there was thick smoke that could have come from the suspect in fire or smoke bombs.

He said they believed that the suspect shot the police, but the officers had not shot. The gunman was found dead at the scene of the accident more than an hour later.

Police investigator Anna Bergkuist said the suspect had killed himself.

She emphasized that three rifles were found at the scene of the accident next to the armed, with a total of four known to be registered a law for the suspect.

However, she refused to comment on the types of weapons or ammunition used.

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Ricard Anderson, 35, was named local as a suspect, but this was not confirmed by the police

The police remain tight about both the suspect and the potential motives behind the attack.

Bergkuist explained that the delay in naming the suspect was due to the waiting of the DNA samples to match.

The Swedish police are usually cautious about naming the suspects and you will not usually do so before the charges, but Bergkuist said they expect to be excluded in this case and call a name in the coming days.

RISBERGSKA School provides adult education for people over the age of 20 years who have not finished primary or high school, as well as Swedish classes for immigrants.

The youth in Orbro has already expressed fears of an ethnic element in the shooting, and the Syrian statement confirmed that the immigrants were among the victims.

A video was recorded by Sweden’s TV4 during an arms attack from a school toilet where the phrase “far from Europe!” He hears.

It is not clear who cried the words and the police was keen not to discuss the motivation.

However, Bergkwist appeared to be a early statement from the authorities on Tuesday that the motivation for the attack was not ideological.

“Why did they say that, I can’t comment,” she said. “We look at different motives, and we will announce it when we have.”

Ricard Anderson was described locally as a re -delivery and one report from Aftonbladet on its Swedish website, and his attack may be targeted by local social services.

A source told the site that he argued with a social worker after he lost luxury advantages because he did not do enough to find work.

The police said earlier that the suspect had no previous condemnation, there are no clear links to gangs and that they do not believe that the attack was driven by terrorism.

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