STOCKHOLM: Sweden’s authorities said Wednesday it may raise safety at schools after the government’s worst mass killing left 10 dead, giving teachers the right to seek students ‘ bags among other measures.
Education secretary Johan Pehrson stated in a press conference that schools will be required to have emergency plans for violent conditions, access to schools may be required locks, door code, or badges, and camera surveillance authorizations may be simplified.
In primary and secondary schools, as well as adult learning centers, faculty and staff will have the right to search individuals ‘ bags without prior notice.
” We are working vigorously to increase protection for students, teachers and other school people”, Pehrson said.
The new procedures would go into effect on July 1, 2025, if they were approved by the legislature as anticipated.
Rickard Andersson, 35, killed 10 people when he entered the Risbergska child learning center in Orebro on February 4 and then allegedly self-töted himself.
Subsequent to his brain, officers discovered three arms, shell casings, and unoccupied ammunition.
Andersson, who police described as an poor recluse without a criminal history, had a shooting force that granted him the right to keep four arms.
He had lived isolated in his room since 2016,” with much contact with another people”, authorities said.
Authorities are still attempting to determine a compelling cause of the shooting.
Andersson had previously attended school Risbergska, but she hasn’t since 2021.
The government announced that semi-automatic gun access may be restricted and would be changed three weeks after the shooting.
