https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Europe in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed Robert Kindroth, chief of the Swedish Center for Preventing Violent Extremism (CVE), answers The Local's questions on whether the Örebro school attack could have been prevented and what can be done to lessen the risk of future attacks. https://www.thelocal.com/20250221/qa-could-the-orebro-school-attack-have-been-prevented Fri, 21 Feb 2025 12:37:24 +0100 qa-could-the-orebro-school-attack-have-been-prevented The Local’s readers are calling on Swedish politicians to tone down inflammatory rhetoric and stop treating foreigners as a threat to the country after the mass shooting in Örebro. https://www.thelocal.com/20250220/foreigners-call-on-swedish-politicians-to-stop-anti-immigrant-rhetoric-after-orebro-attack Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:39:02 +0100 foreigners-call-on-swedish-politicians-to-stop-anti-immigrant-rhetoric-after-orebro-attack Sweden's government said it would boost security at schools after the country's worst mass shooting left 10 dead, giving teachers the right to search students' bags among other measures. https://www.thelocal.com/20250212/sweden-to-allow-schoolbag-searches-after-mass-shooting Wed, 12 Feb 2025 16:28:38 +0100 sweden-to-allow-schoolbag-searches-after-mass-shooting The suspected gunman in Sweden's worst mass shooting fired more than 50 shots and had lived in isolation for several years, police said, revealing more details about the massacre. https://www.thelocal.com/20250212/police-reveal-more-details-about-orebro-shooting-gunman-fired-more-than-50-shots Wed, 12 Feb 2025 07:10:04 +0100 police-reveal-more-details-about-orebro-shooting-gunman-fired-more-than-50-shots Sweden held a minute of silence at noon on Tuesday, to remember the victims of the Örebro mass shooting. https://www.thelocal.com/20250211/sweden-to-observe-minute-of-silence-in-honour-of-orebro-victims Tue, 11 Feb 2025 10:18:43 +0100 sweden-to-observe-minute-of-silence-in-honour-of-orebro-victims Richard Jomshof, one of the most senior members of the far-right Sweden Democrats, has resigned as chair of the parliament's justice committee in protest of a proposal to ban certain semi-automatic firearms following the Örebro mass shooting. https://www.thelocal.com/20250211/top-sweden-democrat-steps-down-after-party-pushes-ahead-with-ar-15-ban Tue, 11 Feb 2025 07:28:29 +0100 top-sweden-democrat-steps-down-after-party-pushes-ahead-with-ar-15-ban Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson sought to address the 'vulnerability' felt by many foreigners in Sweden after the Örebro attack, but he and opposition politicians should also reflect on how their own rhetoric sparked that feeling, writes The Local Sweden's editor Emma Löfgren. https://www.thelocal.com/20250210/opinion-its-down-to-swedens-lawmakers-to-help-immigrants-feel-less-vulnerable Mon, 10 Feb 2025 15:54:05 +0100 opinion-its-down-to-swedens-lawmakers-to-help-immigrants-feel-less-vulnerable Who is the man believed to be responsible for the worst mass shooting in the history of Sweden? https://www.thelocal.com/20250205/what-do-we-know-about-the-orebro-gunman Wed, 05 Feb 2025 11:05:36 +0100 what-do-we-know-about-the-orebro-gunman A prosecutor on Monday confirmed that Rickard Andersson, whose name had already been revealed by Swedish media, is the man suspected of killing 10 people in the worst mass shooting in the history of Sweden. https://www.thelocal.com/20250210/swedish-prosecutor-names-rickard-andersson-35-as-orebro-gunman Mon, 10 Feb 2025 10:46:25 +0100 swedish-prosecutor-names-rickard-andersson-35-as-orebro-gunman On February 4th, shortly after lunch, a 35-year-old man named Rickard Andersson walked into an adult education college in Örebro, west of Stockholm, and killed ten people before turning the gun on himself. Here's what we know so far. https://www.thelocal.com/20250204/what-do-we-know-so-far-about-the-school-shooting-in-orebro Tue, 04 Feb 2025 15:56:13 +0100 what-do-we-know-so-far-about-the-school-shooting-in-orebro Swedish police confirmed on Friday that seven women and three men had died in the mass shooting at a college in Örebro and the media are slowly filling in the details. Here's what we know so far. https://www.thelocal.com/20250206/what-do-we-know-about-the-victims-of-the-orebro-campus-attack Thu, 06 Feb 2025 17:57:47 +0100 what-do-we-know-about-the-victims-of-the-orebro-campus-attack The people of Örebro were in shock after their usually quiet city became the scene of the worst mass shooting in Swedish history. https://www.thelocal.com/20250205/tributes-paid-to-victims-of-orebro-mass-shooting Wed, 05 Feb 2025 07:55:59 +0100 tributes-paid-to-victims-of-orebro-mass-shooting Swedish police have confirmed 11 people were killed in a shooting at an education centre in Örebro, central Sweden on Tuesday, including the gunman. The country's prime minister called it "the worst mass shooting in Swedish history". https://www.thelocal.com/20250204/police-suspected-school-shooting-orebro-sweden Tue, 04 Feb 2025 14:53:57 +0100 police-suspected-school-shooting-orebro-sweden Eleven people have been killed and as many as six wounded after a shooter opened fire at an adult education college in Örebro, west of Stockholm. Here's what we know so far. https://www.thelocal.com/20250204/what-we-know-so-far-about-the-orebro-campus-attack Tue, 04 Feb 2025 15:56:13 +0100 what-we-know-so-far-about-the-orebro-campus-attack