News from Sweden
Last updated: 22/1-2025
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Latest news from Radio Sweden
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Örebro student: ”I felt these may be the last minutes of my life”
Tuesday's English class had just begun for Fatima Alabdullah when suddenly she heard gunshots.Fatima tells Radio Sweden about the time spent barricaded inside a classroom before police came.”I felt these may be the last minutes of my life”, she tells Radio Sweden. -
Explainer: When a mass shooting becomes an act of terror
There's a lot of speculation around what might have motivated the suspect behind the Örebro school shooting, and whether his crime could be considered terrorism.According to Sweden's terror legislation, it's the perpetrator's intentions that are crucial here — they must have wanted to "instill grave fear in a population".Listen as public prosecutor Lars Hedvall explains the definition. -
College principal: Teachers' quick thinking saved lives during Örebro shooting attack
Mikael Blom is one of the principals at the adult education community college, Campus Risbergska in Örebro.He describes to Swedish Radio P4 Örebro his experiences of the shooting attack and of how quick thinking teachers saved many lives.Blom speaks of "examples where teachers have physically grabbed students and pushed them into a classroom where they locked the doors.". -
Government and Sweden Democrats flag gun control measures
The governing parties and the Sweden Democrats have agreed to amend parts of the country's gun laws following Tuesday's mass shooting in Örebro.They want to limit access to some semi-automatic firearms and clarify the rules around suitability tests for gun licence applicants.The opposition Social Democrats are also in favour of tougher gun laws. -
All Örebro shooting victims expected to be identified today
The identification of those killed in the Campus Risbergska shooting in Örebro is expected to be completed today.This according to Lars Bröms who leads the police's group working on identifying, who has spoken to Swedish Radio News.Identifying victims is an extensive process, involving interviewing next of kin as well as analysing DNA, teeth and fingerprints. -
Growing gap in support for Sweden's political parties
Support for parties on the left side of Swedish politics is now 8.5% higher than for the governing parties and Sweden Democrats, according to a new poll from Indikator Opinion.It's the largest difference between the blocs in more than a year.The poll also shows that more voters than before — 50% — think the government is doing a poor job. -
First Swedish Nato mission deployment to help defend eastern flank
A ceremony takes place in Riga today to mark Sweden officially becoming part of the Nato Multinational Brigade in Latvia, which helps to defend Nato's eastern flank.The first Swedish Nato mission deployment since Sweden became a member of the defence alliance just under a year ago involves a mechanized infantry battalion from the south Skåne regiment."We have had a long history with Sweden and after Latvia's independence in the 1990s, Sweden contributed to the security and defence of Latvia and the Baltics,” says Maris Andzans at the Centre for Geopolitical Studies based in Latvia. -
Police: 'Different nationalities' among the dead in Örebro
While police continue to investigate a possible motive behind Tuesday’s mass shooting by a lone gunman at an adult education centre in Örebro, Radio Sweden asked the police on Thursday whether the mass shooting could be motivated by far-right extremism.“Currently we have nothing that points to ideological motives behind the shooting, but we are constantly processing and analyzing new information that comes to us. The motive is of course extremely important for us to investigate as thoroughly as possible,” Sophia Jiglind, press spokesperson for Police Region Bergslagen, tells Radio Sweden in a written comment.At a press conference in Örebro on Thursday, police were also asked if there was racist motive to the mass shooting. -
Expert on mass shooters: 'It's rarely this flick of a lightbulb moment'
Radio Sweden spoke with Paul Gill, a professor of Security and Crime Science at University College London about the motivations of mass shooters. Ranging from political or religious ideology, to wanting fame or notoriety, or exacting revenge, the motivations for mass shootings vary case by case. Will Sweden see more mass shooting of this kind in the future? Listen to the segment to find out what Paul Gill says about this, and about copy cat behavior. -
Syrian citizens among those killed in Örebro school shooting
Two Syrian citizens were among those killed in Tuesday's mass shooting at an adult education college in Örebro.Swedish Radio News has confirmed that a Syrian man was killed in the attack, after speaking with his family.Priest Jacob Kasselia at Örebro's St Mary's Church, a Syriac Orthodox congregation, says they are grieving a loved member of their community.