Sweden has seen a rise in far-right rhetoric. After 11 people died in the country’s worst ever gun spree, some now fear that words have turned into violence.
CGTN’s Pablo Gutierrez reports from Orebro.
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CGTN’s Pablo Gutierrez reports from Orebro.
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00:00The Rysberska school campus was a place of learning.
00:06A fresh start for many adults looking to learn a new skill.
00:10Now, it's the scene of Sweden's deadliest mass shooting.
00:15She was one of the kind. She always laughed at silly things.
00:19And I laughed.
00:22You know, when we work, we have been working with her in the nursing home.
00:28That is how friends remember Camilla, an immigrant mother who was taking classes to become a nursing assistant, but was fatally shot.
00:36A 52-year-old mother, three children, one husband.
00:41Also among the dead is 29-year-old Salim Iskev, who fled war-torn Syria in 2015, hoping for a better future in Sweden.
00:52Investigators are now examining whether this was a hate-motivated attack.
00:58Many of the students at this campus are immigrants who were taking Swedish language classes and vocational courses.
01:06Multiple others remain hospitalized with gunshot wounds in serious but stable conditions.
01:12The attack has left many in this community in shock.
01:16Yeah, I was lucky that I left before that happened, but still sad because so many lost their lives.
01:28The shooter, a 35-year-old man who had been unemployed for over a decade, was found dead at the scene after police say he shot himself.
01:37Investigators are now reviewing his background and past statements.
01:42After reports surfaced that he held anti-immigrant views.
01:47It's painful to think, you know, everything that happened.
01:53The government says it will seek to tighten gun laws in the wake of the country's deadliest mass shooting.
01:59The attack has also raised questions about whether security at Sweden's schools needs to be better.
02:06But for those in Orebro, there are many more questions they need answers to.
02:11Pablo Gutierrez, CGTN, Orebro, Sweden.