Talk:Trollhättan school stabbing

Chain of events
Can somebody put together the chain of events?

The Guardian says that Pettersson was posing with children, who were warned to flee by Eskandar. The Mail (in general less reliable) says that by the time he was posing for the photograph, he was already stained with the assistant's blood, and the 41-year-old teacher told the children to flee. Were there two posings, or is the chain of events still hazy?

I know that the details are utterly horrible, but we need to make the chronology clear. &#39;&#39;&#39;tAD&#39;&#39;&#39; (talk) 22:01, 23 October 2015 (UTC)
 * The article also doesn't mention how the perpetrator died - suicide, by the police? GiantSnowman 12:32, 10 November 2015 (UTC)


 * It was in the lead, but I do realise that the narrative looked incomplete without the addition in the main. Thanks for pointing it out. &#39;&#39;&#39;tAD&#39;&#39;&#39; (talk) 14:19, 10 November 2015 (UTC)

Speculative
No Swedish sources mention the "I am you father"-bit. All that is mentioned in Swedish articles are that when he entered the school, he posed with two kids who thought he looked like Darth Vader. Mentioned by the police is that the clothing indicates "hate-crime" (which by the helmet would mean WW2 Germany look a like). — Preceding unsigned comment added by 83.254.138.229 (talk) 20:26, 10 November 2015 (UTC)

If he even attended a church in his life he would be branded Christian killer on this website with the word Christian posted about 18 times, but because you are all a bunch of leftist fascists you fail to mention the Pentagram and black clothes he wore during the killing or the fact that he was active in Satanic/Atheist communities. Very convenient. http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2015/10/23/17/2DB545D900000578-3285883-image-a-106_1445619123660.jpg

Labeling as "terrorism"
Value-laden labels—such as calling an organization and/or individual a terrorist—may express contentious opinion and are best avoided unless widely used by reliable sources to describe the subject, in which case use in-text attribution. Avoid myth in its informal sense, and establish the scholarly context for any formal use of the term. If this is indeed an act of terrorism, then I think we can do better than finding a listing in a "book on terrorism". Elizium23 (talk) 14:08, 4 July 2020 (UTC)
 * Nope. Not on Wikipedia - we use the term when appropriate.104.169.21.247 (talk) 17:14, 22 October 2020 (UTC)
 * It's not appropriate until it is widely supported by WP:RS Elizium23 (talk) 17:47, 22 October 2020 (UTC)

Headwear misrepresentation
Even though the media did not report it in that way (accidentally or politically motivated at the time), the helmet is more similar to the Stahlhelm, worn by the Germans in WW I and II. This headwear worn by the terrorist would make more sense, because it aligns with the far-right nature of the attack. I would be glad to make an edit, but I am not sure how to source this? 80.112.128.46 (talk) 11:56, 16 January 2023 (UTC)
 * Do you mean that the current text "Pettersson entered the school in a German World War II helmet..." is politically motivated suppression of facts? What do you propose that we replace it with? Sjö (talk) 14:40, 16 January 2023 (UTC)

Similar cases listing
The Ikea Attack was not racially motivated, so why is it listed as similar because if it? --95.193.129.173 (talk) 10:09, 31 August 2023 (UTC)


 * The attacker was targetting white people specifically but his motive was not racism, maybe it should be removed as a similiar case? Salutations25 (talk) 02:25, 2 September 2023 (UTC)