February 4th shot Rickard Andersson35, to death ten people and then take their own lives.
The mass shooting at Campus Risbergska school in Örebro came to be described by prime minister Ulf Kristersson (M) as the “worst mass shooting in Swedish history”.
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“Not well equipped for this kind of thing”
Now the criminologist has Leif GW Persson stated about the police’s efforts in Örebro on the fateful Tuesday. He points out that time and place played a big role and when the alarm reached the police in Örebro it was lunchtime.
Police around Komvux Campus Risbergska the day after the school shooting at Risbergska school in Örebro where at least eleven people lost their lives. Photo: Christine Olsson / TT.
– They are not well equipped for things like this. It has never happened before. Should you keep some kind of readiness for something that has never happened? It is not possible. There is no budget that can handle this, he says in an interview with Expressen.
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Leif GW Persson about police operation
The intervention force was in place after about ten minutes, but already then the perpetrator had been lost. The police had a full 17,000 square meters to go through in search of Rickard Andersson.
– There are several football pitches with premises they will go through. He has well pulled away to some fucking corner. Then it has taken the time it has required, he says.
Inside the premises, the police never answered with counter -fire, which GW does not think is strange. Due to the strong smoke development inside the Risbergska school, the police were also forced to reverse.
– You should not just cut in there and start shooting, unclear at what and who. You have to have a most likely goal, says Leif GW Persson to the newspaper.
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