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| Sweden searches for answers after country's deadliest shooting | Sweden searches for answers after country's deadliest shooting |
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| Ismail Moradi told the BBC he fears there was a racial element to the shooting | Ismail Moradi told the BBC he fears there was a racial element to the shooting |
| Ismail Moradi, 16, would normally be carrying his textbooks into school. | Ismail Moradi, 16, would normally be carrying his textbooks into school. |
| But on Wednesday he was clutching a bunch of red flowers to lay in tribute to those murdered in Sweden's worst ever mass-shooting. | |
| "I was shocked and didn't know if I wanted to come to school today after what happened so nearby," he explains to us. | "I was shocked and didn't know if I wanted to come to school today after what happened so nearby," he explains to us. |
| Ismail's own elementary school is next to the adult learning centre that was targeted yesterday. | Ismail's own elementary school is next to the adult learning centre that was targeted yesterday. |
| Although police still have not given a motive for the attack, Ismail - who is Kurdish - says he fears there was a clear racial element to the shooting. | Although police still have not given a motive for the attack, Ismail - who is Kurdish - says he fears there was a clear racial element to the shooting. |
| "In this school, it's only newcomers to Sweden. There's not so many Swedish people. So, I think it was targeted for one special group of people." | "In this school, it's only newcomers to Sweden. There's not so many Swedish people. So, I think it was targeted for one special group of people." |
| Swedish police are still investigating the gunman's personal history and have not said the attack, which killed 11 people, was targeted. | Swedish police are still investigating the gunman's personal history and have not said the attack, which killed 11 people, was targeted. |
| Hellen Werme, a 35-year-old trainee nurse, survived the shooting. She and her classmates locked themselves inside their classroom as the shooter prowled the corridors. | Hellen Werme, a 35-year-old trainee nurse, survived the shooting. She and her classmates locked themselves inside their classroom as the shooter prowled the corridors. |
| "We could hear him firing," she told us. "I just felt that at any moment I would be shot and I could never come home to my children." | "We could hear him firing," she told us. "I just felt that at any moment I would be shot and I could never come home to my children." |
| We met her outside the college. All day, there's been a steady procession of locals lighting candles and gazing across to the school site which remains sealed off. | We met her outside the college. All day, there's been a steady procession of locals lighting candles and gazing across to the school site which remains sealed off. |
| Vacant faces in the icy wind reflect the sense of shock that has gripped many Swedes in the past 24 hours. | Vacant faces in the icy wind reflect the sense of shock that has gripped many Swedes in the past 24 hours. |
| 'There was blood everywhere' - witnesses shocked after Sweden school shooting | 'There was blood everywhere' - witnesses shocked after Sweden school shooting |
| What do we know about the Sweden school shooter? | What do we know about the Sweden school shooter? |
| A hush descended on the scene when Sweden's King arrived to leave his own flowers, the solemnity echoing the national mood as flags fly at half-mast. | |
| The collective grief is complicated by the lack of any explanation for the assault. The police, now in the midst of a huge investigation, have not given away anything to that end. | |
| Trying to build a profile of a "clean skin" - someone not previously known to the police or security service - makes any probe all the more difficult. | Trying to build a profile of a "clean skin" - someone not previously known to the police or security service - makes any probe all the more difficult. |
| But the scale of the loss of life means the public and politicians want answers from the police now. | But the scale of the loss of life means the public and politicians want answers from the police now. |
| More than 100 specialist officers are involved, on a local, regional and national level. | More than 100 specialist officers are involved, on a local, regional and national level. |
| Unconfirmed reports in the Swedish media say the gunman was a 35-year-old local man who legally owned a gun. | Unconfirmed reports in the Swedish media say the gunman was a 35-year-old local man who legally owned a gun. |
| Reham Attala says the shooting has made her reconsider whether she has a future in Sweden | Reham Attala says the shooting has made her reconsider whether she has a future in Sweden |
| Reham Attala, 21, is a law student also thinks it was no coincidence this college – popular with immigrants - was chosen, rather than others which were reported to be near the suspect's home. | Reham Attala, 21, is a law student also thinks it was no coincidence this college – popular with immigrants - was chosen, rather than others which were reported to be near the suspect's home. |
| "I'm so sad and scared," she tells us at the site of the shooting. "This shouldn't have happened." | "I'm so sad and scared," she tells us at the site of the shooting. "This shouldn't have happened." |
| Reham explains that her dad is Syrian and her mum is Palestinian but for her Sweden is home. She's has lived in Orebro for the past 11 years. | Reham explains that her dad is Syrian and her mum is Palestinian but for her Sweden is home. She's has lived in Orebro for the past 11 years. |
| She is alarmed that the gunmen attacked a school where Swedish for Immigrants (SFI) courses are known to be taught. | She is alarmed that the gunmen attacked a school where Swedish for Immigrants (SFI) courses are known to be taught. |
| "Those people lost yesterday were studying Swedish and this make me think about my future and am I even going to live here, should I have children here? All these questions." | "Those people lost yesterday were studying Swedish and this make me think about my future and am I even going to live here, should I have children here? All these questions." |
| People should be free to learn and live in peace on campus without fear of this happening, she sighs. | People should be free to learn and live in peace on campus without fear of this happening, she sighs. |