A t least ten people, including the gunman, were killed in a mass shooting at an adult education center in the central Swedish city of Orebro on Tuesday, police said. Many questions remain unanswered, and I cannot provide those answers either. But the time will come when we will know what happened, how it could occur, and what motives may have been behind it. Let us not speculate," he added.
According to Swedish police, "Around 10 dead in Sweden school shooting," prompting a large-scale police operation. Authorities have urged the public to avoid the area.
Four people have been shot. The extent of the injuries is unclear. The operation is ongoing," police initially said in a statement.
Minutes later, they updated that a fifth person had been shot. Images from the scene showed a heavy police presence, with multiple ambulances and emergency vehicles outside the school. The adult education centre is about km miles west of Stockholm. Several media outlets reported that the suspected assailant had turned the gun on himself. While police did not confirm this, they stated that five people had been injured by gunfire, including one believed to be the shooter. Forest added that police received the first reports of a school shooting at pm GMT but could not confirm how the attack unfolded or whether it occurred inside or outside the school.
Then we heard more shooting in the hallway. We didn't go out, we hid in our offices. We were lying under our desks, cowering. Some witnesses told Swedish media they heard what sounded like automatic gunfire. The suspect was reportedly around 35 years old, had a licence to carry a weapon, and had no criminal record. However, further details about his identity were not disclosed.
