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Örebro school shooting in Sweden leaves 10 dead including shooter

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Risbergska School shooting in Örebro, Sweden leaves 10 dead including shooter who kills self at adult educational center.
Risbergska School shooting in Örebro, Sweden leaves 10 dead including shooter who kills self at adult educational center.
Risbergska School shooting in Örebro, Sweden leaves 10 dead including shooter who kills self at adult educational center.
Risbergska School shooting in Örebro, Sweden leaves 10 dead including shooter who kills self at adult educational center.

Risbergska School shooting in Örebro, Sweden leaves 10 dead including shooter who kills self at adult educational center. No known motive. 

A school shooting in Sweden has led to ten people shot, including the gunman who allegedly took their own life following Tuesday afternoon’s gun violence at an adult education establishment in the city of Örebro.

Swedish police in a press release stated the shooting taking place at Risbergska School in Örebro’s Västhaga district, with the shooter – a 35-year-old man, believed to have turned the gun on himself – though police are yet to confirm this. 

Reports have yet to conclusively determined whether those shot were killed or wounded by gunfire. The gun violence is reported to have taken place just after 12:30pm local time.

Risbergska School shooting leaves 10 dead and 15 injured

A follow up report just minutes ago from the Guardian, cited police in Örebro saying ‘about 10 people’ being killed in the shooting and another 15 injured. Police according to the outlet were in the process of continuing to confirm the identities of the victim and those affected.

The shooting which took place at Campus Risbergska, is located about 125 miles west of Stockholm and is described according to its website as an adult education center. The facility serves adults, including immigrants and people with disabilities, who haven’t finished elementary or high school.

Aftonbladet and Expressen reported that Örebro’s University Hospital received five shooting victims, four of which underwent surgery. Two are said to have been stabilised, while one escaped with minor injuries.

‘One of the injured persons is a person whom we suspect may be the assailant,’ Orebro police chief Roberto Eid Forest told a press conference. He said police were not yet aware of a motive.

Police said they do not believe there is a terrorist motive behind the school shooting, and the suspected shooter is one of those dead. Police nevertheless did not rule out there being more than one shooter.

A team of armed cops conducted a raid on the suspect’s house around 4:30pm local time and explosions were reported at the property.

The shooter’s identity which had yet to be divulged is reported to have not previous convictions and possessed a firearms license, TV4 stated.

The violence broke out after many students had gone home following a national exam, the outlet reported.

Video of the unfolding shooting shared on social media included a a crowd sprinting away from the location of the shots. 

Unconfirmed reports of five students killed at Risbergska School in Sweden about an hour ago. Thoughts and prayers are with the families of the deceased, and wishing for a speedy recovery for the wounded.

Students barricaded inside classroom 

‘There’s a shooting, oh my God!’ a student is heard screaming as the shots ring out. Another video circulating social media showed armed police brandishing their weapons as they surrounded the school.

A body can be seen lying immobile on the pavement just outside one building. It is unclear whether this was the shooter or a victim.

Other shared images included students cowering in their classrooms, barricading the doors with chairs and desks as alarms blared. 

Lena Warenmark, a teacher at Risbergska, told SVT: ‘We heard gunshots very close to our study. There were probably ten shots.’

Dozens of police cars and ambulances descended on Västhaga as police locked down the school, establishing a perimeter around the building. Armed officers were seen approaching the school with weapons drawn. 

Andreas Sundling, 28, was among those forced to barricade themselves inside the school.

‘We heard three bangs and loud screams,’ he told Expressen while sheltering in a classroom. 

Adult education learning center catering to immigrants and people with disabilities

‘Now we’re sitting here waiting to be evacuated from the school. The information we have received is that we should sit and wait.’

Police in the city located 200km west of Stockholm issued a statement in the wake of the shooting warning the public to avoid the area as they searched for the attacker.

‘The public is urged to stay away from the Västhaga area, alternatively stay indoors in their homes or go the other way. 

‘Listen to the police officers at the scene. The operation concerns threats of deadly violence. The operation is still ongoing,’ their statement said.

A spokesperson said officers were investigating ‘attempted murder, arson and an aggravated weapons offence’. 

Risbergska School serves students who are over age 20, according to its website. 

Primary and upper secondary school courses are offered, as well as Swedish classes for immigrants, vocational training and programs for people with intellectual disabilities. 

It is surrounded by several other schools and education establishments. 

Risbergska School shooting in Örebro, Sweden leaves 10 dead including shooter who kills self at adult educational center.
Risbergska School shooting in Örebro, Sweden leaves 10 dead including shooter who kills self at adult educational center.

Changing social tides affecting Sweden

The shooting comes as Sweden struggles with rising hostilities amid a rising wave of immigrants and drug trafficking in the country. The instances has led to the Nordic nation recently earning a a reputation as the European Union‘s gun homicide capital. 

In all of 2023, 53 people were killed in shootings across Sweden, which is home to around 10.5 million people. In 2022, that figure stood at 62 – and Stockholm’s per-capita murder rate was roughly 30 times that of London.

Experts say the violence has been driven by a number of factors: Turf wars between gangs, a growing drugs market, an influx of guns into the market, growing inequality, high level of immigration and also a failure of migrant integration into society. 

Mafia groups abroad have called the country a ‘haven’ for their activities, while organised crime groups have infiltrated business sectors and found ways to smuggle military-grade weapons into the country.

Officials to date have yet to say what may have caused the blood letting at Risbergska School as authorities continue to investigate.

With the ten estimated ten, Tuesday’s gun violence makes the Örebro school shooting as the deadliest mass shooting in Swedish history. 

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