About 10 people killed in a firing at Orebro School

Police say about 10 people were killed in firing at an educational center in Central Sweden, including the suspect shooter.

Firing at Risberg School in Orebro, 200 km (124 miles) west of the capital, Stockholm, took place on Tuesday afternoon.

Police said the perpetrator had not been known to them before and did not immediately identify a motive. He was thought to be acting alone, they said.

They warned Tuesday night that the death number could continue to increase as several people were injured.

“This is an extremely tragic incident,” said Orebro police chief Roberto Ayd Forest.

Early the Swedish prime minister said it was “a very painful day for everyone in Sweden.”

A number of injured were taken to hospital, with at least four people being undergoing surgery.

Police initially said the attack was investigating as an attempt to kill and attack arson.

At the evening briefing, they confirmed that there was no motive for “terror” behind the attack.

Police hear firing reports at the Risberg School – Center for Adult Education – at 12:33 local time (11:44 GMT). The facility is sitting in a campus, which is home to other schools.

These centers are visited mainly by people who have not completed elementary or high school.

Earlier, students in several close schools are stored indoors “for security purposes”.

“We don’t want public members to go there,” Forest warned.

The relatives nearby had cleared their emergency wards and intensive care units to make room for patients, local media reported.

The University Hospital in Orebro wrote in an update that five people injured by firearms were treated in his emergency ward. An additional sixth person who was not injured by weapons had been treated “minor injuries,” the message said.

Teacher Lena Warenmark told SVT, Swedish public radio, heard about 10 rifles near her research.

Prime Minister Wolfe Krisison said that today is a “very painful day for everyone in Sweden” as he shared that those who have replaced a “normal school day” have been replaced by terror “are in his thoughts.

“Being restricted in the classroom with fear of your own life is a nightmare that no one should experience,” Krisison said in a post.

“The government is in close contact with the police organ and carefully monitors the development.”

His Justice Minister Gunnar Stroomers sounded these remarks, telling the local television operator SVT “The news of the Orebro attack is very serious.”