Shooting at Sweden school for adult learners leaves 11 dead & 6 injured

At least 11 people have died and six people were taken to hospital following a shooting at a school in Sweden.

The incident occurred on Feb. 4, 2025, in the southern Swedish town of Örebro, according to The Guardian.

The school hosts an adult education centre, among other facilities.

Sweden's prime minister, Ulf Kristersson, has called the incident the worse mass shooting in the country's history and urged the public not to speculate on the incident.

Sweden's police said they are still in the midst of identifying the victims.

However, the gunman is believed to be among the dead.

The gunman is not known to the police and has no suspected links to any gangs or terrorism, according to Örebro's police chief.

How did the incident unfold?

According to UK media, The Independent, the school, which is called Campus Risbergska, offers primary and secondary education classes for adults aged 20 and above, as well as Swedish-language classes for immigrants, and vocational training for people with intellectual disabilities.

The shooting occurred on the afternoon of Feb. 4, just after many students had gone home following a national exam.

Many of the students who ended up sheltering in nearby buildings and other parts of the school were evacuated following the shooting.

There was no warning beforehand.

A teacher at the school, Maria Pegado, said someone threw open the door to her classroom just after lunchbreak and yelled at everyone to get out, The Guardian reported.

Pegado said she took all 15 of her students out of the classroom and they began running.

Along the way, they heard two gunshots and saw people dragging out two people who had been injured at the school entrance.

Another person inside the school, 28-year-old Andreas Sundling, said he was in a classroom when he heard loud bangs followed by people screaming.

"We closed all the doors to the classroom and we locked the doors and I barricaded the doors with tables and chairs," he was quoted by The Independent as saying.

Throughout the ordeal, Sundling said his only thought was his family, including his young daughter, as he waited for the incident to be over.

Another teacher said she heard about 10 gunshots.

Extensive damage

Swedish police received reports of the shooting at 12:30pm local time (7:30pm Singapore time).

When they arrived at the scene, they exchanged gunfire with the suspect, who was later found with a gunshot wound.

The police said the suspect appeared to have acted alone.

However, they have not ruled out the possibility that multiple people could have been involved.

The police also did not disclose any information about the identity of the victims.

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