Sweden school shooting: Everything we know about the killing of 11 people at an adult education centre
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Eleven people are dead after a rampaging gunman opened fire at an adult education centre in central Sweden, in what has been dubbed the country’s worst ever mass shooting.
Armed police were scrambled to Risbergska School, in Örebro, at lunchtime on Tuesday, as terrified students hid under their desks and barricaded themselves in classrooms.
Students told local media outlets how they heard gun shots and screams before armed police stormed the buildings and they were able to escape.
In a statement issued shortly before midnight, police said 11 people had died in the attack, including the suspect. Police believe the suspect shot himself, they added in a press conference on Wednesday morning.
Paying tribute to the victims, Swedish prime minister Ulf Kristersson condemned the attack as the “worst mass shooting in Swedish history”. On Wednesday afternoon, King Carl XVI Gustaf and Queen Sylvia visited Örebro, solemnly laying flowers at the site of the shooting.
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Here is everything we know about the Orebro school shooting:
Risbergska School, the site of the attack, is an adult educational institute which sits on a large campus including other schools. It sits on the west side of Örebro, Sweden’s sixth-largest city around 200km west of Stockholm.
Reports of the shooting first reached police at around 12.30pm local time (11.44 GMT).
When armed police arrived, they exchanged bullets with the suspect as students barricaded themselves in classrooms. The suspected perpetrator was later found with a gunshot wound, police said, adding that there is significant evidence to suggest he shot himself.
Eleven people – including the perpetrator – were killed in the shooting. At least six people were reported injured.
Five people, including three women and two men, were operated on after being admitted with gunshot wounds. All are in a stable but serious condition in the Örebro University Hospital.
Detectives are still identifying the dead as of Wednesday morning, Roberto Eid Forest told a press conference.
Six officers were treated for smoke inhalation after the attack, with police investigating the cause of the smoke including whether arson was involved.