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 folks had been killed and a number of other wounded within the country’s deadliest mass shooting, officers stated on Thursday (Feb 6).
Police consider 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.
Legislation enforcement officers instructed a press convention the suspected attacker had a firearms licence for 4 weapons, three of which had been discovered subsequent to him when police positioned his physique.
“The police who arrived on the scene have spoken about what could possibly be described as an inferno … lifeless folks and injured folks, screams and smoke,” Orebro police chief Lars Wiren stated.
Police discovered 10 empty ammunition magazines and a “great amount” of unused ammunition. Wiren stated police arrived on the scene 5 minutes after the alarm was raised and believed the attacker then started directing his hearth in the 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 stated.
Police stated the smoke was not attributable to hearth however of “some form of pyrotechnics”. A number of police needed to search medical consideration for inhaling smoke.
