Wounded and bleeding, Salim Karim Iskef achieved a video of his fiancee to tell him that he loved her for the last time before he died this week in what was the most fatal mass shooting in Sweden,
The 28 -year -old asked Kareen Alia to take care of her mother and herself before the call ended.
There was no answer when she called, and then discovered that she had died of her wounds, one of the 10 people killed when an armed man opened fire on Tuesday at the Adult Education Center in the city of Over In a nurse.
The couple had recently bought a house and planned to marry this summer.
“He had all these dreams in his heart. Now, unfortunately, all these dreams have gone. His light has been off, ”said Father Jacob Kasselia, priest of his local Orthodox Christian Church, to the Swedish Estir TV4.
The authorities said that the shooter, who has not yet been officially identified, was connected to the Adult Education Center, where he opened fire with at least one weapon similar to a rifle and may have assisted the school there previously.
Later, the shooter was found dead with three weapons, 10 empty magazines and a large number of unused ammunition next to his body. It was not clear how he died, but the authorities said the police did not return the shots.
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The officers found at least five people, for more than 18 years, with serious bullet wounds. A sixth person was treated by minor injuries.
The researchers have not discovered a definitive reason behind the bloodshed. Police said there were no warnings in advance, and believe the author acted alone. The authorities said there was no suspicion of connections with terrorism at this time.
'All my life was with him'
The school, the Risbergska Campus, offers primary and secondary educational classes for adults over 20, Swedish language classes for immigrants, vocational training and programs for people with intellectual disabilities. It is on the outskirts of Obebro, about 200 kilometers (125 miles) of Stockholm.
ISKEF was studying nursing there after serving as a health worker during Covid-19 pandemic. His family fled from Syria between 2014 and 2015 due to his long civil war.
“We have lived together our life,” said his sister Hanan Eskif to TV4. “We worked together and studied together, we went to church together. All my life was with him, how should I live without him? “
His family celebrated a commemorative service in his Orthodox Christian church, although they had not received Iskef's body for Thursday night.
“We keep looking out the window thinking that maybe I will return and touch the door, and we will have to open it. We don't sleep, we don't eat, we don't drink. Nothing, we just sat and looked at, ”Eskif told the station.
The government and Democrats of Sweden planned to advance on Friday with proposals to harden weapons laws, including the restriction of access to semi-automatic weapons such as AR-15, the Swedish news agency TT reported.
The authorities said the shooter had licenses for four weapons, three of which were found next to his body. The police have seized the room. The authorities have only said that at least one weapon was a rifle weapon.
Currently, to own a firearm legally in Sweden, applicants must obtain a weapon license and demonstrate that it will be used for an acceptable purpose, such as hunting or white shooting, and will not be badly used.
Applicants must also submit hunting or target shooting certificates previously obtained. Hunting certificates require people to pass a training course, while Target shooters must be certified as active and experienced club members.
In a country of approximately 10.5 million people, there were just over 660,000 arms owners registered in early 2024, according to the Swedish news agency TT. Those registered owners had about 2 million weapons, objects that are considered firearms and parts of weapons that require permission.
TT reported that 1.6 million of these weapons are registered for hunting, and another 176,000 to shoot target.
All weapons must be stored in safe cabinets approved by the Police. Requests for completely automatic weapons or weapons with one hand are only granted for exceptional reasons, and such permits have generally limited time.
Permits are revoked if the weapon is modified to be substantially different from its original function.
–Dazio informed from Berlin.
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