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Sweden campus shooter fired 'more than 50 shots'

Police patrol in central Stockholm, Sweden after woman who died in an explosion in Uppsala, west of Stockholm on Sept. 24, 2023. [Xinhua]

The suspected gunman in Sweden's worst mass shooting fired more than 50 shots and had lived in isolation for several years, police said on Tuesday, revealing more details about the massacre.

On Tuesday of last week, a 35-year-old man -- identified as Rickard Andersson by Swedish media -- entered an education centre for young adults and opened fire, killing 10 people before apparently turning the gun on himself.

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