This Is The Perpetrator Of One Of Sweden's Deadliest Shootings

The Swedish public prosecutor's office announced today that the alleged perpetrator of the shooting that left 11 dead last week at an adult school has been identified without a doubt, but the police continue to investigate the motives and whether there were accomplices.

The name of the accused is Rickard Andersson and he is 35 years old, according to authorities who say that the announcement is just a formality since the man, found dead on the campus of the school in the city of Orebro, was already the main and so far only suspect in the crime.

According to prosecutor Elisabeth Andersson, the investigation now aims to find out whether Andersson had any collaborators and what motivated him to shoot, killing seven women and three men aged between 28 and 68 and injuring six other people, five of whom are still hospitalized.

The scale of the incident, the deadliest mass shooting in Sweden's recent history, prompted the government to propose toughening gun laws with the aim of, among other measures, limiting access to semi-automatic weapons like the ones Andersson is alleged to have used.

The alleged perpetrator, who had a license for four weapons, was found by security forces in the school complex with three of them.

The school where the shooting took place, called Campus Risbergska, is for students over the age of 20 and offers primary and secondary education courses, as well as Swedish language classes for immigrants, vocational training and programs for people with intellectual disabilities, according to its online platform.

Gun violence in schools is very rare in Sweden, but in recent years there have been several incidents – resulting in injuries or deaths – involving other weapons, such as knives or axes.

Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson on Sunday called on Swedish citizens to unite after media reported that several foreign nationals were among the victims.

"When it comes down to it, there is only one Sweden. There is no us and them. There is no young and old. There is no native and foreign. There is no country-born and city-born. There is no right and left," the prime minister said.

"Let's not speculate or jump to conclusions," he urged, adding that "hatred is not defeated with more hatred."