A shooting at an adult education center in Örebro, Sweden, has left at least 10 people dead, including the suspected gunman. The motive behind the attack remains unclear, but police believe the gunman acted alone and terrorism is not suspected. Students were evacuated and taken to safety, while authorities continue to investigate the incident.
About 10 people have been killed in a shooting at an adult education centre, Swedish police said, the deadliest attack to take place inThe gunman was believed to be among those killed and a search was continuing at the school for other possible victims, the local police chief told a press conference. The perpetrator’s motive was not immediately known.
Local police Roberto Eid Forest speaks to reporters in Örebro, Sweden, on Tuesday after a school shooting in which about 10 people were killed. Photograph: Jonathan Nackstrand/AFP via Getty Images “This is the worst mass shooting in Swedish history. 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.”
Andreas Sundling , was among those forced to barricade themselves inside the school. “We heard three bangs and loud screams,” he told Expressen newspaper while sheltering in a classroom. “I saw people dragging injured out, first one, then another. I realised it was very serious,” she said. “It is with sadness and dismay that my family and I have received the information about the terrible atrocity in Örebro,” the king said in a statement.
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