Sweden mass shooting leaves at least 11 dead at adult education center

Orebro, Sweden (APP) – Sweden’s worst collective firing killed at least 11 people at an adult educational center west of Stockholm, while officials warned that the number of casualties could increase.

The number of gunmen as well as the number of injured was not determined on Wednesday as Sweden – where there is very little gun violence in schools – because of the attacks with such bloodshed police It is difficult to count this number. Dead in the massacre

This school, called Campus Risburgska, offers basic and secondary educational classes for adults aged 20 and older, Swedish language classes for immigrants, professional training and programs for intellectual disabilities. It is on the outskirts of Orebro, which is about 200 km (125 miles) west of Stockholm.

The Minister of Justice Ganner Straser has called the shooting “an event that shakes our entire society on the basis of it.”

After the national examination, many students started shooting on Tuesday afternoon. Students and other parts of the school were evacuated after sheltering in nearby buildings.

Authorities were working to identify the deceased, and police said the number could increase. Local police chief, Roberto Eid Forest, told reporters that the dead included a suspected gunman.

There was no warning before, and the police believe the culprit worked alone. Police have not said that if the person was a student at school. They have not issued any possible purpose, but officials said there was no doubt about terrorism at this point.

Police raided the suspect’s house after Tuesday’s shooting, but it was not immediately clear what they found.

“Today, we have witnessed a brutal, deadly violence against innocent people.” Prime Minister Al -Kursson Tuesday told reporters at the Stockholm. “This is the worst widespread firing in Swedish history. Many questions do not answer, and I can’t even provide these answers.

“But the time will come when we will know what happened, how it can happen, and what motivations can be behind it. Let us not speculate.

Although gun violence is rare in schools in Sweden, people were injured or killed. Other weapons like knives Or the axis in many incidents in recent years.

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Dazio reported to Berlin. In Berlin, Jerusalem Molson and Quin Ha in London participated in the report.