Shooting rampage on campus
Shots fired at school in Sweden: several victims
Shots were fired on the grounds of an educational institution for adults in Örebro, Sweden, on Tuesday. Police surrounded several buildings on the Risbergska Campus. The shooter killed several people.
On Tuesday, police assumed that the incident at the Risbergska adult school in Örebro was the work of a lone gunman with no political motive. According to reports, an apartment in the city that could be connected to the shooter has already been raided. The suspect was not previously known to the police.
Several people killed by gunshots
According to the police in Örebro, "around 10 people" were killed in the shooting, the police announced on Tuesday evening. The number of dead could still rise, the investigators are currently busy identifying the victims. Previously, only five people had been reported injured. Swedish radio reported several fatalities and around 15 injured.
According to the local police chief Roberto Eid Forest, the suspected shooter is among the dead. He added that it is assumed that the perpetrator acted alone. However, investigations are being carried out in all directions. Furthermore, the motive for the shooting is not yet known. Investigations have now been launched into murder, arson and violation of weapons laws.
The survivors were taken to hospital, the director of healthcare in the region, Jonas Claesson, announced at a press conference. Four of them have been operated on. Two of those operated on were in a stable condition and one person was seriously injured. Claesson initially gave no details of the other injured.
The executive initially called on the city's residents to stay away from the scene. "The danger is not over yet! The operation is ongoing," she warned in an initial statement after the shooting. The situation is now under control.
Pictures from the scene showed a massive police presence and several ambulances. There are several buildings on the site and the situation was confusing for a long time, according to the emergency services on site.
Shots were fired at lunchtime
Shots were fired at the Risbergska campus, an institution for child and adult education, around midday. Ingela Bäck Gustafsson, the principal, said in an interview with the radio station SVT that she was on her lunch break when students shouted at her to leave the premises. "When I was in the schoolyard, I heard gunshots very close by," Bäck Gustafsson said. "We ran for our lives," said the principal.
During the operation, which involved numerous police and emergency services, the pupils and teachers were sheltered in their own and neighboring schools and stores. People in the surrounding area were asked to stay away from the school.
Sweden's Justice Minister Gunnar Strömmer expressed his concern about the events: "The reports of violence in Örebro are very serious. The police are on the scene and the operation is in full swing. The government is in close contact with the police and is following developments closely."
Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson also reacted to the incident in a post on social media. He explained that this was "a very painful day for the whole of Sweden". The government announced a press conference for the evening.
A secondary school was located on the site until 2016, and a year later a center for adult education, similar to an adult education center, was opened.
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