Sometime during the 1970s, I made a trip to Sweden as engineering editor of Foundry Magazine. One of the stops I made was at the iron foundry where Volvo made its engine castings.
Another stop was at a training center in the city of Orebro in central Sweden. Today a New York Times news item popped up on my computer under the headline “At Least 10 Are Killed at School Shooting in Sweden.” The article reported that the shooting took place at a center for adult education in the city of Orebro on Tuesday (04 Feb 2025). The police said they believed that the shooter was among the wounded in the attack.
At a news conference, the Swedish police said they believed that the shooter was among the wounded, but did not offer further details on a motive or the person’s identity. They said the shooter most likely acted alone and was not affiliated with a gang and was not known to the police.
According to the Times report, images in Swedish news outlets earlier in the day showed dozens of police cars surrounding the center’s campus. The police reportedly locked down several other schools in the area as part of their response.
While we in America have experience many such incidents in recent years, school shootings are relatively rare in Sweden.
Certainly this situation is far different from the peaceful area that I remember from my brief visit decades ago.
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