Two women die in Swedish school attack; student arrested

Two women die in Swedish school attack; student arrested:

Lately, there has been a spurt of mass killings and shootings in some western countries that are becoming more and more unacceptable.

Any idea what are the causes..?

Venze, you should become an investigator! You are asking all of the right questions.

"A lot of work remains ahead of us to understand what happened and the motivation behind this appalling act," said Asa Nilsson, one of the heads of the investigation.

Any idea what are the causes..?

Crazy people find a way.

Perhaps I've missed the shootings and only zoned into the uses of knives recently.

He was armed with a knife and an axe, according to several Swedish media.

Where are the calls to outlaw those items?

Sven AsaiToday  12:24 pm JST

Don’t say all that, officially they still are THE one preferred role model for everything, from corona handling to social welfare and security as well as successful refugee integration. lol

Sweden usually doesn't have violent incidents like this, but it does occur. There are neo-Nazi trash groups in Sweden (the 'Odin' variety) and once in a while some of them scum burn down a classic 1000-year-old church in Sweden. Since there are 'death metal' bands in Sweden, that gives that genre a bad name there.

In 1986 their PM Olaf Palme was assassinated. By coincidence Halley's Comet was making an appearance that year. Nonetheless, Sweden has its share of hate, crime, problems.

Perhaps I've missed the shootings and only zoned into the uses of knives recently.

Don't forget the explosions;

Sweden's 100 explosions this (2019) year: What's going on?

www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-50339977

Although gangs are mostly blamed for those attacks. Not the materials, for some reason.

"The attacks are usually carried out by criminal gangs to scare rival groups or their close friends or family, she says."

Although gangs are mostly blamed for those attacks. Not the materials, for some reason.

Huh? Most nations control the sale of explosive materials. You can't just walk into an industrial supply warehouse and buy TNT. One has to have a license, meaning you have a legitimate commercial use for the particular explosive sought, to buy that sort of thing. Even the sale of ammonium nitrate is regulated in many nations so at the very least if it is employed in an explosion the buyer can be identified.

Most nations control the sale of explosive materials. 

Good. But do they control the sale of over the counter goods used in the making of them? like a thermos flask? should they control the sale of those, or should they target the people misusing them ?

"We haven't got the full picture but most of the material for homemade bombs are things you can buy over the counter, it **isn't difficult to obtain. **When it comes to the actual explosives our impression is that it's usually commercial grade explosives that are used in construction and road work that gets stolen or misappropriated."

https://www.thelocal.se/20200203/explosions-interview-police-stefan-hector-sweden/

commercial grade explosives that are used in construction and road work that gets stolen or misappropriated.

they should probably ban construction and road work too, while they're at it, right?