Sweden school shooting latest: Suspect named as police question motive of lone gunman who killed 10
The gunman who massacred 10 people at a school campus in Örebro has been identified as 35-year-old Rickard Andersson by Swedish media.
Andersson changed into green military clothing in a school toilet before carrying out the shooting at Risbergska School, then turning the gun on himself.
Relatives described Andersson as an unemployed recluse, who lived a lonely life and suffered with mental problems, the news site Aftonbladet reported.
Andersson had received a licence for four hunting rifles, and documents from the Swedish National Service Agency show he had been told repeatedly he was not eligible for military service after he came of age, it added.
A police source confirmed the name to Reuters news agency.
The King and Queen of Sweden paid a solemn visit to the site of Sweden’s worst ever killings in Örebro.
King Carl XVI Gustaf stood by Queen Silvia’s side as she laid bright white flowers at a makeshift memorial near the site
“A grieving process is hard to do alone,” King Carl told reporters. “I think all of Sweden feels it has experienced this traumatic event.”
