A shooting On Tuesday, on the campus of adult education in central Sweden, at least 11 people were killed, including the attacker, the police said on Wednesday.

This is what we know so far:

What happened and when?

A gunfire was held at an adult school in Orbro at 12:33 pm local time (11:33 GMT) on Tuesday, and the police initially stated that five people were killed.

Witnesses say the shots were launched in a quick sequence, and the videos appear. The teachers inside the school said that when they heard gunshots, they escaped from the classroom or fought themselves inside.

“I took all the fifteen students to the hallway and started running. I heard two shots but we made it. We were close to the school entrance. I saw people run the injured, the first one, then another I realized that he was very dangerous.

Where was the shooting?

The firing of the campus was held on the campus in the city of Orbro, 200 km (124 miles) west of the Swedish capital, Stockholm.

What is the Rispergska adults?

The school is intended for people over the age of 20 years who have not been able to complete their official education or who did not receive the grades they need for higher education. Schools such as Risbergska are known as “Komvux” in Swedish.

The school meets about 2000 students and also provides vocational training and Swedish language lessons.

What do we know about the attacker?

Swedish police say the suspect – a man – died when they found him.

“There is a lot to indicate that” the suspect had turned the gun on himself, “Urebro police chief Roberto Ed Forst said at a press conference on Wednesday.

The police said that the motive behind the shooting is not yet clear and under the investigation, but they believed that he was acting alone. The attacker was not known to the police before the shooting, and the police said they did not find links between him and any gangs or groups. It is not clear whether this means that any terrorism has been excluded.

Swedish Public Service TV (SVT), without indicating sources, said that the man lived in Orebro and had a fishing license. The broadcaster added that he was using the fishing weapon.

The Swedish daily newspaper Aftonbladet reported that the man was 35 years old. The perpetrator stated that relatives said that it was clouds from family and friends.

What do we know about the victims?

The authorities confirmed on Wednesday that 11 people, including the attacker, were killed.

The authorities have not confirmed the number of people who were injured yet, and the police have warned that the death toll might rise, according to SVT.

The police told the press conference on Wednesday that six people were transferred to the local university hospital, five of whom were shot. Two people remain in intensive care.

“We do not have a complete picture at this time with regard to the number of injured people,” Police spokesman Frederick Svedimir was reported by Ankamulo News Agency as saying.

“Since we do not face any information about the injury position for those who were treated in the hospital, there is unfortunately the risk that the number will not stop at 11.”

What are the reactions?

• The King of Sweden, Karl XVI, said in a statement on Tuesday that he had received news of the shooting with “sadness and panic”.
• All flags of government buildings and royal palaces were flying in half of employees on Wednesday. This was announced in the media signals from the government, the royal family and parliament.
• “It is a very painful day for all Sweden. Being closed in a semester, for fear of your life, is a nightmare that no one should be exposed to.”
• “He has no such violence and terrorism in our societies – at least in schools. At this dark hour, we stand with the people of Sweden.”

What happened today in örebro is really horrific.

Such violence and terrorism have no place in our societies – throughout schools.

At this dark hour, we stand with the people of Sweden.

Our ideas with the victims, and we wish them strength and rapid recovery. https://t.co/z8xahdfzby

– Ursula von der Linyen February 4, 2025

• “I was standing there, and watching what was happening, and I was here when I saw some bodies lying on the ground. I don’t know whether they had died or wounded “.
• Lev Demir, 36, who is attending his son, told a nearby school, and also took lessons in the Campus Risbergska gym, “I became numb, unable to speak. I really didn’t know where to go,” Lev Demir, 36, who is attending his son, told a nearby school, and also took lessons in the Campus Risbergska gym, France Presse.

How much is the scarcity of shooting in Sweden?

The shooting in Sweden was rare. Prime Minister Christmson told reporters that the attack was “the worst mass shooting in Swedish history.”

However, Sweden witnessed a rise in fire and bombings associated with gang violents.

Police data showed that there are 296 shootings in Sweden in 2024, resulting in the death of 44 people and injuries to 66 people. The record for the highest number of shootings was in 2022 when 391 shootings took place across Sweden. About 62 people died and 107 were wounded during that year.

There were also some recent violent incidents in schools in Sweden. In March 2022, a student, 18, was stabbed, and teachers were killed in Malmo, Sweden.

In October 2015, a teacher and a student to death stabbed at a school with a large number of immigrants in the industrial city of Trotatin. He stated that the man, which was identified by the Swedish media in the name of Anton Lunden Peterson, who is 21 years old, suffers from a long -wing right sympathy and shot at the hands of the police.