Sweden shooting: What do we know about the suspect?

Local media suggest the 35-year-old legally owned a weapon, was unemployed and had no convictions.

British Broadcasting CorporationWatch LiveHomeNewsSportBusinessInnovationCultureArtsTravelEarthVideoLiveHomeNewsIsrael-Gaza WarWar in UkraineUS & CanadaUKUK PoliticsEnglandN. IrelandN. Ireland PoliticsScotlandScotland PoliticsWalesWales PoliticsAfricaAsiaChinaIndiaAustraliaEuropeLatin AmericaMiddle EastIn PicturesBBC InDepthBBC VerifySportBusinessExecutive LoungeTechnology of BusinessFuture of BusinessInnovationTechnologyScience & HealthArtificial IntelligenceAI v the MindCultureFilm & TVMusicArt & DesignStyleBooksEntertainment NewsArtsArts in MotionTravelDestinationsAfricaAntarcticaAsiaAustralia and PacificCaribbean & BermudaCentral AmericaEuropeMiddle EastNorth AmericaSouth AmericaWorld’s TableCulture & ExperiencesAdventuresThe SpeciaListEarthNatural WondersWeather & ScienceClimate SolutionsSustainable BusinessGreen LivingVideoLiveLive NewsLive SportHomeNewsSportBusinessInnovationCultureArtsTravelEarthVideoLiveAudioWeatherNewslettersWhat do we know about the Sweden school shooter?4 days agoPhelan ChatterjeeBBC NewsGetty ImagesThe attack happened at a school for adults, on a campus where there are also children's schoolsOn Tuesday afternoon, the gunman behind Sweden's worst-ever mass shooting paced up and down through the corridors of Risbergska adult educational centre.

His steps could be heard outside the classroom of Hellen Werme, a 35-year-old nursing student.

"We heard three shots, one after the another, and panicked. My teacher shouted: 'shut the doors, lock them and hide,'" she tells Sweden's TV4 News.

Police have not formally named the attacker but he has been identified as Rickard Andersson, 35, by Sweden's public broadcaster SVT.

The gunman was among 11 people who died in the attack in the central Swedish city of Orebro.

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