10-26-2015, 12:47 PM
That Swedish swordsman was able to stab 4 people in more than 10 minutes, killing two of them before police arrived and shot him to death.
It's very likely that he'd have been able to shoot many more people than that in the same amount of time. You can't stab people who are running at least a blade's distance ahead of you or stab through doors easily. The killer entered through the cafeteria which was completely open to the public. Now, Swedish authorities are considering beefing up school security.
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The killer is said to be a ^ 21 year old local who identified with Nazi propaganda. The school he chose had a high percentage of immigrant students and authorities are investigating whether the right-wing anti-immigration movement within Sweden contributed to what they believe was a "racial hate crime". There have been several attempted arsons at asylum camps recently too.
The student he killed was a Somalian immigrant. The teacher's assistant who was killed told students to run and tried to overpower the killer.
The killer left a note indicating that he'd planned the attack and expected to be killed himself. The last school attack in Sweden was in 1961, when a 17-year-old man opened fire at a school dancehall in the south-western part of the country, wounding seven students, one of whom later died.
Violent crime is rare in the country, which has strict gun-control laws. In 2013, there were 87 homicides reported in Sweden, a country of about 10 million people.
Story: http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/oc...for-double
It's very likely that he'd have been able to shoot many more people than that in the same amount of time. You can't stab people who are running at least a blade's distance ahead of you or stab through doors easily. The killer entered through the cafeteria which was completely open to the public. Now, Swedish authorities are considering beefing up school security.
The killer is said to be a ^ 21 year old local who identified with Nazi propaganda. The school he chose had a high percentage of immigrant students and authorities are investigating whether the right-wing anti-immigration movement within Sweden contributed to what they believe was a "racial hate crime". There have been several attempted arsons at asylum camps recently too.
The student he killed was a Somalian immigrant. The teacher's assistant who was killed told students to run and tried to overpower the killer.
The killer left a note indicating that he'd planned the attack and expected to be killed himself. The last school attack in Sweden was in 1961, when a 17-year-old man opened fire at a school dancehall in the south-western part of the country, wounding seven students, one of whom later died.
Violent crime is rare in the country, which has strict gun-control laws. In 2013, there were 87 homicides reported in Sweden, a country of about 10 million people.
Story: http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/oc...for-double