The “Orbro” accident pushes Sweden to tighten the laws of weapons

The Swedish government announced plans to tighten the laws of weapons, including restricting arrival to semi -automatic weapons, after the worst mass shooting incident in the country, and last Tuesday, a gunman killed 10 people in an educational center for adults, in Orbro, west of Stockholm, before he was shot On himself, the police did not disclose the type of weapon he used, but she said that he had a license to own four weapons, three of which were found next to him.

The government of the right -wing coalition, which depends on the support of the Swedish -right Democratic Party, said that “the action of the horrific violence in Orbro raises several major questions about the legislation related to firearms,” ​​in addition to tightening the legislation. The government said it “wants to improve the way in which it is reported to be reported People who are considered invisible to possess weapons. ”

“We have to guarantee that only the right people have weapons in Sweden,” said the Prime Minister of Sweden, Olif Christms They have died, and the police have not yet mentioned the names of the victims or the perpetrator, nor did they reveal the nationalities of the victims, and the Guardian learned that among the victims is a Syrian man, an Eritrean woman and an Iranian woman, and the police are investigating whether the shooting was racist.

The hundreds of thousand Swedish fishermen can apply for semi -automatic weapons licenses, and in August 2023 the Environmental Protection Agency lifted the prohibition imposed on military models, which means allowing weapons such as IR1 to hunt.

The government said it wanted to re -impose restrictions that existed before 2023, and to develop a military -style weapons confiscation, adding that the “AR 15” gun is an example of a weapon equipped with large ammunition stores, and could cause a lot of damage in a short time.

The government added that a report was recently issued, and found that many of the requirements that must be taken into account, when assessing the person’s suitability to obtain a weapon permit, was not clearly mentioned in the arms regulations, and that it should be determined in the law, and these conditions include age Knowledge and skills, some medical factors, and the extent of a person’s commitment to the law.

The government also intends to add rulings on doctors ’obligations to report certain cases in relation to weapons, and the police’s ability to cancel permits.

For his part, the President’s opposition party, the Social Democratic Party, welcomed the declaration of the government, but called for a review of all weapons licenses. He also said that “there must be a review of how to verify the records between the various authorities,” and the decision has sparked public criticism from prominent members of the Democratic Party.

Media reports stated that the suspect, who apparently killed himself, is Ricard Anderson (35 years old), a former student at the educational center, and he was living in the region, and stated that he attended mathematics lessons there a few years ago, and he was unemployed for 10 Years.

Among the victims was Salim Eskif (28 years old), who contacted his fiancée Karen Elijah (24 years old) from school, and told her that he was shot, and in that Elijah says: “He called me and said: I was shot, they shot us, and said that he is He loved me and this was the last thing I heard. On the “Guardian”

Unprecedented

While Sweden has suffered a wave of armed violence in recent years related to gang crimes, the Swedes were shocked by the brutality of the crime that occurred last Tuesday.

The survivors were holed up in the classroom and hid under the beds to escape the killer, and when the tragedy ended, they talked about their vision of blood from blood, as the victims were shot.

Six people were admitted to a local hospital in the wake of the attack, five of whom needed surgery, due to wounds caused by gunshots. The regional authorities said, in a statement, that they are all in a stable condition, although two of them are still in intensive care.

• The hundreds of thousand Swedish fishermen can apply for semi -automatic weapons licenses.