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Swedish police have said at least 10 people have been killed and five others wounded in a campus shooting in the city of Örebro Police said investigating officers were in the process of identifying victims.
They believe that a man they said was the “primary perpetrator” of the attack was among the dead. The authorities said there was no warning of the attack which took place on a campus housing an adult education centre. They believe the gunman was acting alone. His motive is unknown but is not believed to be terror-related.
Swedish prime minister says it’s been a very painful day for his country with a nation in shock after the worst mass shooting in its history. 10 people are feared dead including the suspected attacker who opened fire at an education campus in the city of örebro around 125 miles west of the capital of stockholm.
student’s and stuff were kept inside the buildings at the site which houses a number of schools for adults as well as children.
there’s still no motive for the violence with police saying they think the attacker acted alone.
gunfire caugt on camera.
inside the school they hid under their desks.
this footage which has been shown on local swedish TV appears to show the attacker making his way through the building.
allthough we haven’t been able to verify it .
the gunman opened fire at lunchtime,he targeted a college for adult learnes that share the site with other schools for children.
students on other parts of the campus were locked down before police could guarantee their saftety.
their parents depsperately waiting for news.
swedish police say all those killed were found inside the building and they’re working to identify the victims
they believe the shooter is among the dead.
he’s not known to the police from before and has no connections to any gang based on what the police knwo they believe he acted alone.
sweden suffers one of the highest rates of gun crime in the EU which has been blamed on spiraling gang rivalry so far the killer’s motvie here are still unclear.
we have seen today brutal deadly violence against totally innocent people, this is the worse mass shooting in swedish history ,still a lot is unanswered, but there will come a time where we will know what has happened
tonight the search for those answers begins as sweden tries to to come to terms with a mass killing.
Police: False information is being spread about the school attack.
During the night, the police said that nothing that has come forward so far indicates an ideological motive behind the attack.
the police say that the motive is still unknown. But everything indicates that the perpetrator acted alone.
There are no suspicions of a terrorist motive, the perpetrator is not known to the police from before and the police are confident that there will be no more attacks.
The incident took place at an adult education campus. The gender or age of the victims have not been confirmed. Among the dead is the suspected perpetrator.
update February 5, 2025
According to reports, he is the suspected murderer. Rickard Andersson, 35, is suspected of having carried out the worst mass murder in Sweden’s history. According to consistent reports, he has lived in isolation and had mental problems. He was denied military service – but was given a license for four hunting rifles, according to Aftonbladet. Among other things, Aftonbladet justifies the publication of his name and picture as follows: The person is suspected of having carried out one of Sweden’s worst mass murders, which means there is an extremely high public interest. This justifies identification in order to provide a complete picture of the incident.