Sweden school shooting latest: Teachers tell of horror as 11 dead in worst mass shooting in country's history
A teacher has spoken of her horror after a gunman opened fire at an adult education centre in Sweden.
Eleven people were killed in the shooting at the Risbergska School in Örebro, some 125 miles west of Stockholm, on Tuesday at 12.33 local time.
Local police chief Roberto Eid Forest said the gunman, who was not previously known to the police and has no suspected links to gangs or terrorism, was among the dead.
Teachers and students have told of how they heard gunshots as they barricaded themselves in classrooms or ran for shelter after the alarm was raised on campus.
Maria Pegado, 54, a teacher at the school, said a person opened the door to her classroom and shouted to everyone to get out.
“I took all my 15 students out into the hallway and we started running,” she said. “Then I heard two shots but we made it out. We were close to the school entrance. I saw people dragging injured out, first one, then another. I realised it was very serious.”
Sweden’s prime minister Ulf Kristersson said the mass shooting was the worst in Swedish history. “We have witnessed brutal, deadly violence against completely innocent people,” he said.
A police investigation into murder, arson and an aggravated weapons offence has been opened.
