Sweden reeled Wednesday from the deadliest mass shooting in its history after 10 people plus the suspected gunman were killed in a shooting at an adult education centre in the central city of Orebro. Several media reported the suspected gunman turned his gun on himself -- but police have not confirmed those reports. Local health authorities said Wednesday six people were being treated at Orebro's university hospital.
Five of them -- three women and two men -- had undergone surgery for gunshot wounds and were in a "stable but serious" condition. A woman was also being treated for minor injuries, Orebro County authorities said in a statement, adding that all the injured were over the age of Police have not disclosed any information about the identity or ages of the dead, nor whether they were students or teachers at the school.
School attacks are relatively rare in Sweden, but the country has suffered shootings and bombings linked to gang violence that kill dozens of people each year. We believe there will be no further attacks," Orebro police chief Roberto Eid Forest told reporters on Tuesday evening.
Swedish television channel TV4 reported that police had raided the suspect's home in Orebro late on Tuesday afternoon. It said the suspect was around 35 years old and had a license to carry a weapon and no criminal record, but did not provide any details about his identity.
The man lived reclusively, was unemployed, and had distanced himself from his family and friends, newspaper Aftonbladet reported, citing family members. I don't know if they were dead or injured," year-old Linn, who goes to school near the site of the massacre, told an AFP correspondent at the scene. Liv Demir, 36, whose son attends a school near the Campus Risbergska, said she was shocked to hear of the shooting.
