Police said five people shot an adult education center in Sweden on Tuesday. The conditions of the victims were not immediately clear.
The Swedish News Agency TT, without providing its sources, said that the perpetrator of the crime died in suicide. The police did not immediately confirm this reports, but a press conference was to be held.
The adult education center is located on the outskirts of Orebro, which is about 200 km (125 miles) west of Stockholm.
The school, called Campus Risbergska, serves students over 20 years old, according to its website. The high school and high school courses are presented, as well as the Swedish classes for immigrants, vocational training and programs for persons with mental disabilities.
Violence erupted on Tuesday after many students returned home after a national exam. Police cars, ambulances, lights flashes, overcoming parking lots and streets around the school as a noisy helicopter.
Teacher Lina Warner SVT News told that there are a few students on the campus on Tuesday afternoon because many went home after the exam. She also told the broadcaster that she had heard 10 gunshots.
Police at the scene at the Rispergska School, in Urebro, Sweden, Tuesday, February 4, 2025.
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Students protected in nearby buildings. Other parts of the school were evacuated after the shooting, which started around 12:30 pm local time (1130 GMT).
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Andreas Sondling, 28, was among those who were forced to ban themselves inside the school.
“We heard three explosions and a noisy scream,” he told Expressen Newspaper as he was in a semester. “Now we are sitting here waiting to be evacuated from school. The information we received is that we must sit and wait.”
It was not immediately clear whether the police counted the perpetrator between the five shot. Police said that no officers were shot during violence.
“Orebro’s violence reports are very dangerous. Justice Minister Gunnar Stromer told TT TT” the police are on the site and the operation in full swing. “
During a press conference on the Swedish recruitment market, a government official handled the latest violence in Orebro, with a population of about 155,000 people.
“The government is closely following developments and has a continuous dialogue with the police about this,” said Mats Person, Minister of Labor and Integration, on Tuesday.
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