Andersson was said to be a recluse who had maintained little contact with his family for years before tragedy unfolded at Risbergska School in Orebro

Days after Sweden witnessed its worst mass shooting in history, several media reports have identified Rickard Andersson, 35, as the man behind the deadly attack. Earlier, the Swedish police confirmed that the shooter was ‘unemployed’ and ‘a recluse’.

Sweden's right-wing government said on Friday it would seek to tighten gun laws in the wake of the country's deadliest mass shooting at an adult education centre where the attacker appeared to have used several of his own licensed rifles.