A minimum of 10 folks had been killed and an unidentified variety of others injured at a capturing at a middle for grownup schooling in central Sweden on Tuesday, the authorities mentioned.
The police mentioned they’d began a “main operation” and locked down the campus within the metropolis of Orebro, after pictures had been heard about 12:30 p.m. native time.
“That is an terrible, distinctive incident — a nightmare,” mentioned Roberto Eid Forest, head of the native police. “We don’t suppose there’s any terror motive behind this, however it’s too early within the investigation to say.”
“We expect we’ve got the perpetrator, however we aren’t ruling out something,” he added Tuesday night.
At a information convention earlier within the day, the police mentioned they believed that the shooter was among the many wounded, however didn’t supply additional particulars on a motive or the individual’s identification. The shooter probably acted alone and was not affiliated with a gang and was not recognized to the police, Mr. Forest mentioned.
“We suspect one of many folks within the hospital is the perpetrator,” the police mentioned in an earlier assertion posted on-line.
Pictures in Swedish information retailers earlier within the day confirmed dozens of police vehicles surrounding the middle’s campus. The police locked down a number of different colleges within the space as a part of their response.
“It’s a very painful day for all of Sweden,” the Swedish prime minister, Ulf Kristersson, mentioned in a press release on social media. “Being locked in a classroom, fearing on your life, is a nightmare that nobody ought to need to expertise.”
College shootings are comparatively uncommon in Sweden, however the nation has seen a rise in violent crime in recent times. In 2022, an 18-year-old pupil killed two lecturers within the southern metropolis of Malmo. In 2015, Sweden was surprised when a 21-year-old man, armed with a sword, killed a trainer and a pupil at a college within the southwestern a part of the nation.
“Shocked by the horrible information from Orebro,” Nooshi Dadgostar, the chief of the opposition Left Celebration, mentioned on social media. “The violence our nation goes by is an abyss we should discover our method out of collectively.”
