Sweden school shooting latest: Police share new details on all 10 victims of Örebro massacre – UK Times

The shooter who earlier this week killed 10 people in Sweden’s worst mass shooting was connected to the adult education centre where he opened fire with at least one rifle-like weapon, law enforcement officials said Thursday.

Authorities said the gunman, who has not yet been officially identified, may have attended school there before Tuesday’s violence on the school campus west of Stockholm.

The woman who was treated for minor injuries after the school shooting has been discharged from hospital, regional authorities said in a press release.

Five people, including three women and two men, remain in hospital where they are being treated for gunshot wounds.

Two women remain in the intensive care unit, in a “serious but stable” condition.

The remaining three are in a stable condition.

Several municipal employees in Örebro are missing after the shooting on Tuesday, according to TV4.

Concerned colleagues now fear that they may be among those killed. Trade union Kommunal has confirmed to the Swedish outlet that multiple employees are missing.

“It is members and representatives who contact us and tell us that they have colleagues who have not shown up for work,” says chairwoman Britt Marie Balaj said.

The missing people work in health and social care in the municipality, but are believed to have been students at Risbergska School.

Seven women and four men died in the shooting on Thursday, Swedish police have confirmed.

The victims were aged between 28 and 68 years of age, police said.

“All the deceased are from Örebro County, seven women and four men of the following ages: A woman 32 years old, a woman 38 years old, a woman 46 years old, a woman 52 years old, a woman 54 years old, a woman 55 years old, a woman 68 years old, a man 28 years old, a man 31 years old, a man 35 years old and a man 48 years old,” the police said according to Expressen.

The process of identifying all of the victims of the Örebro massacre is still underway, an official has said.

Police still hope to identify the bodies today, but will not issue any confirmation yet.

“No, we are not saying anything about it. These are things we are waiting to do until the relatives have found out about it,” says Lars Bröms, leading the identification process.

“We are still identifying and we are still at full speed down at forensics in Solna. Not all the bodies are ready yet so we are still waiting for information,” he added.

Maria Lahdo, a survivor of the gun massacre, described the “bloodbath” when she stepped out of her hiding place to be escorted out by police.

Hidden with others inside a classrooms, she recalls comforting each other and phoning worried relatives as gun shots rang out in the school.

“We heard two shots, when the third came we realized something was wrong,” Ms Lahdo told Expressen. “Another person in the room froze in shock in the doorway… I had to pull the person into the room and quickly lock it.

“There was someone in the hallway who suddenly started pulling the door handle. It must have been him trying to get in. Several people had panic attacks, it was terrible.”

When police arrived and they were escorted out of the room, they were warned that there would be blood.

“But you really didn’t understand it until you saw it with your own eyes,” she said.

“There were bloodstains, puddles and drops everywhere. You could see that people had been dragged in that blood. And we stepped in the blood when we ran out.”

The close friend of the 29-year-old who has been identified as among those shot dead in the horror attack has told local media of his love for a man who was like his brother.

Jonatan Suaw, 29, said Salim Iskef, 29, who was named in local reports as among the victims of the school shooting in Sweden, told Swedish publication Expressen: “I loved him.”

Mr Suaw said he had been invited to Mr Iskef’s upcoming wedding and had held his niece when she first first born.

Mr Suaw told the newspaper the pair were like brothers and that he now wants to live as Mr Iskef would live if he was still alive, always trying to do his best and being a good person.

The final heartbreaking phone call one of the Swedish school shooting victims made to his mother during the attack has been revealed.

Salim Iskef, 29, reportedly called his fiancée then his mother from inside Risbergska School just before he was shot dead in the horror that unfolded there.

In what were among his last words, Mr Iskef’s aunt Nadia Reeb told Aftonbladet that the 29-year-old told his mother: “Mom, take care of yourself and take care of my girl too.”