Police have issued some limited information about their investigation. They said about 130 officers responded to the shooting and that they met “infores” at school. They said they believed that the militant acted alone.
Family members, former school friends and neighbors told the Swedish media that in recent years they have become a hermit, and possibly suffered psychological problems.
There were complaints about the case. Bosnian Ambassador Boyan Sosich, who also visited the shooting place, learned from the residents that Basniy was among the dead.
“I believe that, to put it mildly, the police are choosing to contain information regarding foreign citizens from the relevant embassies,” he said.
Others, including members of the Syrian community, said they trusted the police to do the right things and just hoped to learn more quickly. Casselle, the Syrian Orthodox priest, said the broad community “does not know what the police think, but we believe that they have their own plan.”
Hundreds of people came to the church of Kaselia on Thursday night from Syrian, Turkish, Iraqi and other migration communities. Salima Ikef’s picture, one of the victims of the shooting, was sitting on an angg. Children from the congregation sing hymns. The Iscof family, who was sitting in the bench near the front, was consumed with grief.
It is difficult to understand why such attacks occur even when the motif is known. Without this, it’s even more embarrassed. A few hours before the start of the funeral service, Casselle sat in the bench in her empty church, trying to comprehend it.
“People, of course, die. They are ill, they have random cases,” he said. “But that’s how we can understand it? Being shot at school. We couldn’t dream of it. We can’t even describe it. Why?”
The police had some comfort that the militant acted alone, Casselle said. This left less anxiety from another attack.
“But this man had something in the heart, some hatred he had gathered from somewhere,” the priest said. “We can’t say there are no others.”
Additional report by Felon Chattegi. Photos by Joel Hannerator.
