They all began to talk at once. Gunvald Larsson held up his hand and said, One at a time, please. You, there, can start. Then we'll go from left to right.'
Thereafter the press conference proceeded as follows:
QUESTION: When was the bus found?
ANSWER: About ten minutes past eleven last night.
Q: By whom?
A: A man in the street who then stopped a radio patrol car.
Q: How many were in the bus?
A: Eight.
Q: Were they all dead?
A: Yes.
Q: How had they died?
A: It's too soon yet to say.
Q: Was their death caused by external violence?
A: Probably.
Q: What do you mean by probably?
A: Exactly what I say.
Q: Were there any signs of shooting?
A: Yes.
Q: So all these people had been shot dead?
A: Probably.
Q: So it's really a question of mass murder?
A: Yes.
Q: Have you found the murder weapon?
A: No.
Q: Have the police detained anyone yet?
A: No.
Q: Are there any traces or clues that point to one particular person?
A: No.
Q: Were the murders committed by one and the same person?
A: Don't know.
Q: Is there anything to indicate that more than one person killed these eight people?
A: No.
Q: How could one single person kill eight people in a bus before anyone had time to resist?
A: Don't know.
Q: Were the shots fired by someone inside the bus or did they come from outside?
A: They did not come from outside.
Q: How do you know?
A: The windowpanes that were damaged had been fired at from inside.
Q: What kind of weapon had the murderer used?
A: Don't know.
Q: It must surely have been a machine gun or a submachine gun?
A: No comment.
Q: Was the bus standing still when the murders were committed or was it moving?
A: Don't know.
Q: Doesn't the position in which the bus was found indicate that the shooting took place while it was in movement and that it then mounted the pavement?
A: Yes.
Q: Did the police dogs get a scent?
A: It was raining.
Q: It was a doubledecker bus, wasn't it?
A: Yes.