Swedish police said that about 10 people were killed during a shooting Tuesday at an adult education center. The damage at the crime scene was so extensive that investigators were unable to be more definitive on the death toll, said Roberto Eid Forest, head of the local police. The shooting happened on the outskirts of the city of Orebro, which is located about miles west of Stockholm.
The school, called Campus Risbergska, serves students who are over age 20, according to its website. Primary and upper secondary school courses are offered, as well as Swedish classes for immigrants, vocational training and programs for people with intellectual disabilities.
Forest told reporters that investigators were working to determine more information about the shooting. It wasn't immediately clear whether the gunman was among the dead. He was believed to be among those hospitalized. Police said that there were no suspected connections to terrorism at this point. Police didn't immediately know how many people were wounded.
Authorities were working to identify the deceased. Gun violence at schools is very rare in Sweden. But there have been several incidents in recent years in which people were wounded or killed with other weapons such as knives or axes.
Police would only say that the gunman was one of the people hospitalized after Tuesday's shooting. Four of the five people who were shot underwent surgery, including one person who was seriously wounded. Two others were described as stable and another was considered slightly injured, Jonas Claesson, regional director of health and medical services, said during the news conference.
