Trollhattan: Googled school before the attack – Dagbladet.no

He suffered no mental problems and was not influenced by any substances during the attack, said the investigation is now concluded.

On the other hand, he had signs of depressive thoughts. Moreover, had 21-year-old a few months before the attack passed around with suicidal thoughts, and he left behind a letter in which it emerged was that he would not come home. In addition he had a bull’s-eye in the car that he was going to stick on the chest during the attack against Kronan school, because he assumed he was going to be shot, police said.

He spent at least two weeks to plan attack.

Hate crime

21-year-old was shot and killed by police after he sword killed a 17 year old student, a 20 year old student assistant and a 42-year-old teacher at school. In addition, a student wounded in the attack.

– The investigation shows that Anton Lundin Petterson was a lone assailant. It has been important for us to establish that he had no assistant, said police spokesman Thomas Fuxborg.

Police shows that 21-year-old had Googled his way to school. It was therefore carefully chosen, says police, who said the attack was manifestation of racial hatred because he went after people who were darkening of the skin.

– We see what happened to those who were darkening of the skin, said police investigator Thord Haraldsson day after the attack. 90 percent of the school’s students have minority backgrounds, and all the victims had a minority background.

Var different

21-year-old grew up in Trollhattan. He has been described as withdrawn, and saw themselves as different.

Police stating that he was not politically involved, and that he had exchanged opinions about ideology with someone else. On the other hand, he had seen photographs and films showing racism, Nazism and Islamophobia, feel things he had found on Internet forums, according to police.

At school he showed up in a black robe, black helmet and black mask. He marched around and went from door to door and knocked. Heading into pretended he photographed with several students, and he talked with fair skinned peoples. They were not attacked.

(NTB)