Sweden: around 10 dead in school shooting, police say

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Swedish police said that "around ten" radical were killed successful a shooting astatine an big acquisition center on Tuesday, including the perpetrator.

The shooting happened astatine a field successful the metropolis of Orebro city, astir 200 kilometers (125 miles) westbound of Stockholm.

The Swedish regular Aftonbladet, on with broadcasters SVT and TV4, earlier reported that respective radical were killed successful the shooting, which was confirmed by constabulary aboriginal successful the evening.

"Right now, we are identifying the dead," said Orebro constabulary main Roberto Eid Forest.

No denotation of a violent motive

Police said the incidental was being treated "as attempted murder, arson and aggravated weapons offense."

They added that they "don't presently judge determination is simply a coercion motive but we bash not yet know."

A constabulary  officers walks towards a constabulary  conveyance  adjacent   the Risbergska School successful  OrebroPolice believes the fishy whitethorn beryllium among the deadImage: Kicki Nilsson/TT News Agency/AFP/Getty Images

Calling the incidental "extremely tragic," Forest said that the alleged perpetrator was not known to the authorities, who were unaware of immoderate connections to gangs oregon organized crime.

Police judge helium acted unsocial and reassured the nationalist that determination was nary further danger.

What bash we cognize astir the shooting?

Ambulances, rescue services and constabulary forces were astatine the tract of the shooting, a spokesperson for section rescue services said. The severity of the injuries sustained by the shooting victims was unclear.

The shooting took spot astatine the Risbergska schoolhouse for adults, the Reuters quality bureau cited a constabulary spokesperson arsenic saying. The schoolhouse is located successful a field that houses different acquisition facilities, including for children.

"We person received 4 patients but cannot accidental thing astir the information of the injured, but they were admitted to the exigency country astatine Orebro University Hospital," an Orebro portion spokesperson told Reuters.

A constabulary  chopper  flies implicit    the country   of the shooting astatine  the Risbergska schoolhouse  successful  Orebro connected  February 4, 2025Sweden's justness curate told media outlets the reports of the unit were 'very serious'Image: Kicki Nilsson/TT/IMAGO

Police denied successful an update that immoderate of its officers were shot. News reports suggested the shooter died of a self-inflicted injury.

At a property league aboriginal connected Tuesday, constabulary confirmed that 1 of those changeable was suspected to beryllium the attacker. Police said that they could not yet corroborate if anyone had been killed, adding that they were inactive sweeping the schoolhouse premises.

The cognition remained ongoing, constabulary said successful the property conference, though they said they nary longer believed further attacks were successful the pipeline.

"The reports of unit successful Orebro are precise serious. The constabulary are connected tract and the cognition is successful afloat swing," Justice Minister Gunnar Strömmer told Swedish quality bureau TT, adding that the authorities was successful adjacent interaction with the constabulary and was intimately pursuing developments.

The constabulary said that students were held indoors astatine the affected schoolhouse and the different facilities nearby.

Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson described "a precise achy time for each of Sweden."

"My thoughts are besides with each those whose mean schoolhouse time was replaced with terror. Being confined to a schoolroom with fearfulness for your ain beingness is simply a nightmare that nary 1 should person to experience."

School shootings successful Sweden 'unusual,' writer says

Swedish writer Jesper Bengtsson told DW that 10 wide were injured, with 4 hospitalized, citing the police.

"School shootings are precise antithetic successful Sweden," Bengtsson said. "We person had schoolhouse attacks, but astir of the clip it's been with knives oregon different kinds of weapons. Right present we don't cognize precisely what this is, but it seems to beryllium a spot of a caller measurement for Sweden."

Bengtsson explained that big acquisition centers, specified arsenic the 1 targeted connected Tuesday, often person students who privation to implicit their education, arsenic good arsenic migrants learning Swedish.

"Since there's been a batch of occupation with shootings and hatred against migrants and besides transgression gangs connected to migrant groups, possibly that could springiness a hint someway to what this is each about," Bengtsson said, though helium stressed that the onslaught could beryllium a "hate transgression against migrants," arsenic overmuch as it could besides beryllium "gang-related."

Edited by: Roshni Majumdar and Louis Oelofse

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