He adjusted the gold cross hanging from his neck. The gunman killed 10 students at an adult learning center and then himself. Among the dead are Syrians and Bosnians, according to residents and the embassies of those countries, but the police in Orebro have not given any details of the victims publicly. Kasselia described Iskef as kind and thoughtful, keen to help other members of the community.
He came to Sweden with his mother and sister, the priest said - refugees from Aleppo, where his father was killed in the war. Iskef was studying Swedish at the Risbergska school, the target of Tuesday's attack. He showed only goodwill. He was a member of our community. Iskef was engaged and due to be married this summer. His fiancee Kareen Elia, 24, was "very badly affected", the priest said, and was "going through a very difficult, very dark experience".
At a memorial service in Orebro on Thursday night, Elia broke down in screams and tears and had to be carried out of the church. In the days since the shooting, there has been a striking lack of information from the authorities.
On Thursday night, police had still not confirmed the identity of the gunman - widely reported by Swedish media to be year-old local Rickard Andersson - nor any details about his motive or the victims. In a statement issued early on Tuesday, less than 24 hours after the attack, police said the shooter did not appear to be motivated by any ideology.
On Thursday, Anna Bergkvist, who is leading the police investigation, appeared to walk the statement back. Was he sick or was it something else? I was so scared I felt like my heart stopped in my chest. Zaki Aydin, a year-old Syriac language teacher in Orebro, said he was afraid for the first time for his young students, who are mostly from the Middle East. Aydin used to have the doors of his classroom and the church building open when he taught. The things you see on television have happened here.
