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At least 10 people were killed in a shooting at a school in central Sweden, including the alleged shooter, according to preliminary local police information.
The shooting took place at Risbergska school in ORRO, 200 km west of the capital, Stockholm, on Tuesday afternoon (4/2).
Police said the perpetrator was not known to them and there was no immediately identifiable reason. The shooter is believed to have acted alone.
According to police, the attack seems to target people who were in a school attended by people who did not complete primary or middle education/Photo: Getty Images
According to the authorities who attended the occurrence, the number of dead still rise, as several victims were rescued with serious injuries.
“This is an extremely tragic incident,” said Oregro police chief Roberto Eid Forest.
Earlier, Prime Minister Swedish said it was “a very painful day for everyone in Sweden.”
Several injured were taken to the hospital. At least four of them had to undergo surgery.
Police had initially said that the attack was being investigated as an attempted murder and a criminal fire.
The police said there was no “terrorist” reason behind the attack.
According to police, there were reports of a shooting at Risbergska school – an adult educational center – at 12:33 pm local time (8:33 am, Brasília). The building is in a campus that also houses other schools.
These centers are mainly attended by people who have not completed elementary or high school.
Shortly after the attacks, students from several nearby schools were kept in closed environments, “for safety reasons.”
“We don’t want people to move around,” said Forest.
Near hospitals have emptied their ready-to-the-artis and intensive care units to release space to serve the victims of the shooting, local press said.
ORRO University Hospital wrote in a statement that five people injured by bullet injuries were attended to their emergency room. A sixth person, not wounded by firearms, had “light injuries,” he said.
Professor Lena Warenmark told SVT, Swedish public radio, who heard about 10 shots near her office.
Prime Minister ULF Kristersson said that today is “a very painful day for everyone in Sweden.” He stated that all who had a “normal school day” that was replaced “by terror” are in their thoughts.
“Being confined to a classroom for your own life is a nightmare that no one should have to experience,” Kristersson said in an X post.
“The government is in close contact with the police authorities and is closely monitoring the events.”
Minister Dajjustice, Gunnar Strommer, reinforced these observations, telling the local broadcaster SVT “that the news of an attack on embro is very serious.”
