The meeting begins with a minute of silence and Magdalena Andersson describes the atmosphere as grave and sorrowful.
This is a terrible week for Sweden.
She says that there is still much that is unclear about what happened in Örebro. The police must be allowed to do their job.
But regardless of what the police investigation reveals, it is clear that there are too many weapons in our society and that it needs to be addressed.
She also thinks that children's and young people's exposure to violence through social media must decrease.
We must tame the big tech giants' algorithms.
Justice Minister Gunnar Strömmer (M) does not want to say whether the events in Örebro may affect the government's investigation into changes in the weapons law.
We have already prepared a broad basis and made a major effort with tightening some years ago. How we intend to proceed and to what extent what has happened sheds new light on the investigation, I do not want to anticipate.
He points out that if the suspected perpetrator had contact with healthcare, it should have been alerted that he was not suitable to possess firearms.
It is clear that this is a person who should not have had weapons, since the person used the weapons in this way.
Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson invited the other party leaders in the Riksdag to a meeting in connection with Thursday's government meeting due to the mass murder in Örebro. In a comment to TT, he writes:
"Sweden is a country in mourning and in this difficult moment, we need to gather - as a nation, as fellow human beings, and as leaders of the parties in the Riksdag. I am proud of the strength and compassion that exists in our country and which was also shown at today's meeting. In sorrow and despair, we stand together and meet in community and humanity."
