What we know so far about Sweden school shooting

Police accidental astir 10 radical person died successful a shooting astatine an acquisition field successful the metropolis of Orebro.

It is the worst schoolhouse shooting ever to hap successful Sweden, wherever schoolhouse unit is rare. The suspected gunman is believed to beryllium among the dead.

Details are inactive emerging, but this is what we cognize truthful far:

Police archetypal received reports of a shooting taking spot successful Orebro, a metropolis 200km (124 miles) westbound of Stockholm, astatine 12:33 section clip (11:44 GMT) connected Tuesday.

The shooting was astatine Campus Risbergska - a benignant of schoolhouse for adults known arsenic Komvux successful Swedish, which is chiefly for radical who did not decorativeness superior oregon secondary education. There are different schools besides connected the campus.

Teachers person described proceeding shots ringing out, starring to them fleeing classrooms oregon barricading themselves inside.

Maria Pegado told Reuters she took each of her 15 students retired into the hallway and they started running. "I saw radical dragging injured out, archetypal one, past another. I realised it was precise serious," she said.

Another teacher, Lena Warenmark, told nationalist broadcaster SVT she was successful her survey erstwhile she heard gunshots: "There were a fewer shots archetypal successful abbreviated succession, a abbreviated intermission and past a fewer more".

Police locked down six schools and a edifice successful the area, and radical were told to enactment distant oregon enactment wrong their homes.

Footage connected societal media besides appeared to amusement students hiding nether desks.

And a video filmed from a balcony besides appeared to amusement the dependable of shots fired successful speedy succession, arsenic radical rushed away:

Police said "around 10" radical were killed, but added they "could not beryllium much specific" astir the number.

All of those who died were recovered wrong the schoolhouse building, constabulary said astatine a quality league connected Tuesday afternoon. They judge the gunman is among the dead.

It is besides inactive not wide however galore radical were wounded, but Sweden's justness curate said astatine a quality conference determination were "many others injured".

In the archetypal fewer hours aft the attack, determination was disorder implicit the fig of radical hurt.

Despite media reports of casualties, erstwhile the constabulary archetypal gave an authoritative briefing astatine 15:30 section time, they said lone that 5 radical had been injured.

Swedish media continued to study that respective radical had died, and successful a 2nd update astatine 18:00, constabulary confirmed "around 10" radical had died.

Police said the attacker was a antheral who they judge had acted alone. He is believed to beryllium among the dead.

He was not known to constabulary earlier the shooting and had nary transportation to a gang, said Roberto Eid Forest, Orebro's section constabulary chief.

Officers besides bash not judge determination was a panic motive to the attack.

"We're moving with concealed services but arsenic acold arsenic I know, it's a idiosyncratic chartless to police," said Forest, erstwhile asked if the perpetrator lived successful Orebro.

Forest added that helium "can't accidental thing astir the benignant of weapon" that was utilized "other than it was a firearm".

Asked astir reports the gunman changeable himself, constabulary said they did not person immoderate accusation astir that.

Police accidental they are inactive moving to place those killed.

The schoolhouse it happened astatine was municipal big education, which Sweden's nationalist bureau for acquisition explains is for radical aged implicit 20 who did not decorativeness superior oregon secondary school.

Teacher Ms Warenmark said determination were unusually fewer students astatine the schoolhouse connected Tuesday arsenic galore had gone location for the time aft sitting a nationalist exam.

Very rare. While determination person been schoolhouse shootings successful Sweden before, they person not been of this magnitude.

It is "the worst schoolhouse shooting successful Sweden's history" said Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson, arsenic helium urged radical not to speculate astir the motive.

Last September, determination was a schoolhouse shooting southbound of Stockholm, erstwhile a 15-year-old is suspected to person wounded a classmate - though that onslaught was linked to Sweden's occupation of pack violence.