OREBRO, Sweden: Swedish police discovered three rifles close to the physique of the gunman amid a chaotic scene they described as an “inferno” after 11 individuals had been killed and several other wounded within the nation’s deadliest mass capturing, officers mentioned on Thursday (Feb 6).
Police imagine the suspected killer – recognized by a Reuters supply and Swedish media as Rickard Andersson, a 35-year-old unemployed recluse – acted alone in Tuesday’s assault on an academic campus in Orebro.
Regulation enforcement officers informed a press convention the suspected attacker had a firearms licence for 4 weapons, three of which had been discovered subsequent to him when police situated his physique.
“The police who arrived on the scene have spoken about what may very well be described as an inferno … lifeless individuals and injured individuals, screams and smoke,” Orebro police chief Lars Wiren mentioned.
Police discovered 10 empty ammunition magazines and a “great amount” of unused ammunition. Wiren mentioned police arrived on the scene 5 minutes after the alarm was raised and believed the attacker then started directing his hearth in direction of them.
“After roughly one hour, the acute operation was over when the suspected perpetrator was discovered lifeless with a number of weapons close to him,” Wiren mentioned.
Police mentioned the smoke was not brought on by hearth however of “some form of pyrotechnics”. A number of police needed to search medical consideration for inhaling smoke.
