Latest newsEleven dead in shootings in Sweden - investigation continues
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5.2.2025 - 08:51
Police officers stand guard at the Risbergska campus on the outskirts of Örebro. According to the latest police reports, eleven people died in shootings at the educational center in Sweden the day before. Photo: Sergei Grits/AP/dpa
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Investigations are continuing after the fatal shooting at a school for adults in Örebro, Sweden. The motive for the crime, in which at least eleven people died, remains unclear. At a press conference on Tuesday evening, Sweden's Justice Minister Gunnar Strömmer said that the police were working to identify the deceased and notify their relatives.
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"We all want to understand why," Strömmer said, adding, "We have to wait for those answers." He called the crime "the worst mass shooting" ever seen in Sweden. The shooting occurred on Tuesday at the Risbergska campus, an adult education facility.
A police spokesman told the SVT radio station this morning with regard to the number of fatalities: "As we also have no information on the condition of those treated in hospital, there is unfortunately a risk that the number will not remain at eleven." It was also still unclear how many people were injured.
Perpetrator is probably among the eleven dead
The police assume that the alleged perpetrator is one of the dead and apparently have initial information about him. According to this, it is a man who was previously unknown to the police. He had no connection to a gang, said Roberto Eid Forest, head of the local police. The investigators assumed that the perpetrator acted alone and that it was not an act of terrorism.
The police also pointed out that some inaccurate accounts of the shooting in Örebro were being spread on social media. According to the current state of the investigation, there are no indications that the perpetrator acted out of ideological motives, the investigators said.
Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson wrote on X that it was a very painful day for the whole of Sweden. He was thinking of those affected and their families as well as all those whose normal school day had been replaced by horror.
Sweden's King, Carl XVI Gustaf, expressed his condolences to the families of the deceased in a written statement and thanked the police, rescue services and hospital staff for saving lives on this "dark day".
Flags at half-mast at schools
The radio station SVT reported that the adult school Campus Risbergska will remain closed for the rest of the week. The other schools in Örebro will be open on Wednesday; the children and young people will be offered crisis support. The Danish broadcaster DR reported that flags were being flown at half-mast throughout the city.
Örebro is located around 200 kilometers west of the Swedish capital Stockholm. The Risbergska campus is a kind of educational center where adults aged 20 and over can attend secondary school and high school courses as well as language courses and vocational training.