Sweden was in shock after the mass shootings last week.
So was I, so was Helena my Swedish friend here and, I'm sure, so were those of you who thought of Sweden as a very safe country. Which it was, the third safest in the world. Not sure if this shooting will change that.
I called Helena, we talked, but couldn't really help each other much.
This was just too much to absorb.
The mass shooting, which claimed 11 lives, including that of the gunman, was the worst in modern Swedish history.
The school where it happened and where the gunman had attended, was also attended by immigrants, from Syria, Iran, and Somalia, among others.
Seven of the victims were women.
I just want to say that I'm so, so sorry, so sad, so upset first of all that this happened, then that something like this could happen in Sweden.
I'm sure Swedish laws will change, gun control will be tightened, but who can change the hate needed to execute innocent people, mostly women in this way.
Can you imagine what some of these people left behind, say in Syria?
Can you imagine how very safe they must have felt in Sweden?