Multiple deaths after mass shooting at Orebro Campus Risbergska, Sweden
At least 10 people have been killed at a school in Sweden, with terrifying video showing the gunman stalking the halls as students run for their lives. Warning: Disturbing content.
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At least 10 people have been killed in a shooting at a secondary school for young adults in Sweden, in what is the “worst mass shooting” in the country’s history.
Terrifying footage emerged showing the suspected lone gunman stalking the halls of the Campus Risbergska School in Orebro, as students scream and run for their lives.
The motive remains unclear but police said there were no indications that it was a terror attack. The 35-year-old assailant, who has not been named, was among the dead.
“Around 10 people have been killed today,” Orebro police chief Roberto Eid Forest told reporters, adding that police could “not be more specific” about the number.
“The suspected assailant is not known to police.”
Sweden’s Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson described it as the “worst mass shooting in Swedish history”.
“It is a very painful day for all of Sweden,” he wrote on X.
“My thoughts are also with all those whose normal school day was replaced with horror. Being confined to a classroom fearing for your own life is a nightmare that no one should have to experience.”
He said the government was “closely monitoring developments”.
The shooting took place in Orebro, around 200km west of Stockholm, at the Risbergska school for young adults who did not complete their formal education, including those with special needs.
It is located on a campus that also houses schools for children.
School attacks are relatively rare in Sweden, but the country has suffered shootings and bombings linked to gang violence that kill dozens of people each year.
Two Campus Risbergska teachers, Miriam Jarlevall and Patrik Soderman, told newspaper Dagens Nyheter they heard gunfire in a hallway.
“Students came and said someone was shooting. Then we heard more shooting in the hallway. We didn’t go out, we hid in our offices,” they said.
“There were a lot of gunshots at first and then it was quiet for a half-hour and then it started again. We were lying under our desks, cowering.”
Some witnesses told Swedish media they heard what they believed to be automatic gunfire.
Swedish television channel TV4 meanwhile reported that police had raided the suspect’s home in Orebro.
Police have not confirmed that information.
Orebro healthcare authorities said in a statement that four of the people with gunshot wounds had undergone surgery at Orebro University Hospital, and the fifth had only “slight injuries” and did not require surgery.
A sixth person lightly wounded in the attack was also treated for non-gunshot injuries, its said, providing no other details.
Police said they were investigating “attempted murder, arson and an aggravated weapons offence”.
They urged members of the public to stay away from the area, or keep inside their homes.
Students in several nearby schools as well as the one in question had been locked in for several hours “for safety reasons” before gradually being released, police said.
A mother whose son was kept indoors at his nearby school for several hours during the police operation told AFP she was “shocked” and “angry”.
“My son is at this school behind us, they’re locked in too. They have to hide, so I’m waiting for them to evacuate,” Cia Sandell, 42, said.
“This is crazy, totally crazy. I’m angry, I’m shocked. This shouldn’t happen,” she said.
– with Agence France-Presse (AFP)
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Originally published as Multiple deaths after mass shooting at Orebro Campus Risbergska, Sweden
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