SVT News has spoken to terrorist Hans Brun who believes that it is currently too early to say whether it is a terrorist crime or not.
– It is far too little information known about it, and it is very important now that the police are allowed to work in peace and quiet with the preliminary investigation that has been initiated and that they do not speculate or spread false rumors about this event, says Hans Brun.
Terrorist offenses are defined differently from country to country, but as a rule it should be a politically founded motif image.
– The different definitions have in common that there is always a political motive for why you use violence or threats of violence against persons and property. The violence should act as a messenger for a political message, says Hans Brun.
To find out the perpetrator’s motive picture behind the shooting, the police carefully investigate if the person left behind something that indicates a political connection behind the incident.
– Here you can look if he left behind some kind of manifesto, during the preliminary investigation you will “study his computers and mobile phone and search for different types of explanations for this. But it is very important to emphasize that no matter how you judge this, this is an extremely serious crime, says Hans Brun.
Rarely classified as terrorism
School shootings are an unusual phenomenon in Sweden but are much more common in countries like the United States. But based on American experience, school shootings are rarely linked to terrorism.
– It is relatively uncommon for school shootings to be linked to political crime and terrorism, but rather it is about mental illness and other problems, but again, it does not do the terrible in this event, says Hans Brun.
The police work looks the same
But whether the crime will eventually be defined as a terrorist crime or not, the police work looks the same. In Sweden, the police work together with health care and emergency services based on a concept that is called ongoing deadly violence (PDV) and the working method looks the same regardless of the motif picture.
– With the exception that if there are political connections, you can request help from the security police, says Hans Brun.