The mosque in Örebro has remained open since the mass shooting on Tuesday. When it was time for prayer at lunch on Friday, a hundred people gathered. Hussein Al-Essa was one of them.
Everyone is disappointed about what has happened. It evokes many emotions, he says to TT.
Hussein Al-Essa tells that he comes from Iraq and that he has lived in Sweden for 33 years. And it is a different country he lives in now, compared to how it looked when he came here. He feels less secure.
We have lived in safety, in peace and quiet. But the last time has been difficult. When I went to high school, we read about Scandinavian countries and when I came here in the 90s, it was like paradise. But the last ten years, Sweden has become worse and worse. I am worried about what can happen, but do not know where or when, he says.
Ali Mohammed Ido also visited the mosque for Friday prayer.
One thinks about safety, one feels anxiety, he says.
