At least 10 people have been killed in a shooting at an adult education school in Sweden. The serious incident took place on a campus in the city of Orebro. International media reports say the perpetrator, who is suspected of acting alone, committed suicide after the attack.
"This is currently being treated as attempted murder, arson and aggravated assault with a weapon," police said in a statement, adding that the extent of the injuries to the five people who were shot remained unclear.
The daily Aftonbladet and broadcasters SVT and TV4, citing anonymous sources, said "several people" had been killed. The shooting took place in Orebro, about 200 km west of Stockholm, at the school. Maria Pegado, 54, a teacher at the school, said someone opened the door to her classroom just after lunch and shouted at everyone to get out.
"I took all 15 of my students out into the hallway and we started running," she told Reuters by phone. "Then I heard two shots, but we made it. We were near the entrance to the school."
No police officers were injured in the shooting, police said. Ambulances, rescue services and police were at the scene, a spokesman for local rescue services said.
“We have received four patients, but we cannot say anything about the condition of the injured, but they were admitted to the emergency room at Orebro University Hospital,” a spokesman for the Orebro region told Reuters. Police said students were being held indoors at the targeted school and other nearby schools. Swedish Justice Minister Gunnar Strommer told Reuters that the government was in close contact with police and was following developments closely.
Sweden has often faced attacks by criminal gangs, including attacks on schools. Ten people were killed in seven incidents of deadly violence at schools between 2010 and 2022, according to the Swedish National Council for Crime Prevention.
In one of the highest-profile such crimes in the last decade, a 21-year-old masked attacker driven by racial motives killed a teaching assistant and a boy while injuring two others in 2015. (A2 Televizion)
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