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CNN
05-02-2025
- CNN
Sweden just experienced the worst mass shooting in its history. Here's what we know
A gunman opened fire at an adult education center in the Swedish city of Örebro on Tuesday, killing at least 10 people in what the country's prime minister called the 'worst mass shooting in Swedish history.' Swedish police are still piecing together how the tragedy occurred. Here's what we know so far. At 12:33 p.m. local time (6:33 a.m. ET) on Tuesday, police received reports of a shooting in Örebro, a city about 160 kilometers (100 miles) west of the capital, Stockholm. The shooting occurred at Campus Risbergska, a school for adults who have not completed earlier stages of education. Such facilities are known as a Komvux in Sweden. Komvuxes provide vocational training, Swedish language classes and other courses for adults seeking the qualifications needed to gain employment. They are also essential services for Sweden's refugee and migrant populations. Cellphone videos showed students taking shelter under desks while alarms screeched and red lights flashed. 'We heard bangs and loud screams. At first we didn't understand what it was, but then we realized it could be gunfire,' Andreas Sundling, a 28-year-old student at the campus, told CNN affiliate Expressen. He said his classmates barricaded the doors and took cover for around an hour, before police entered the classroom and evacuated the students. 'There was blood all over the corridor,' Sundling said. At least 10 people were killed and six were injured in the attack, police said. The attacker also died. In an update Wednesday, Örebro regional authorities said six people were being treated at the local university hospital. Three women and two men, all adults, were admitted for gunshot wounds and underwent surgery. Initially thought to have life-threatening injuries, the authorities said the five are now in a 'stable but serious' condition. Another woman also received treatment for more minor injuries. No one else was admitted to the hospital overnight, authorities said. By the time the attack began, many students had left the campus after taking a national exam on Tuesday, Lena Warenmark, a teacher, told Swedish public broadcaster SVT. Mary Pegado, a 54-year-old teacher at the school, said she and her students had run to safety after someone burst into her classroom and told them to get out. 'I think of my students,' Pegado told Reuters. 'Many of them have fled from countries where things like this happen, and now they experience it here. It is horrible,' she said. Not much, yet. Police said that the attacker was not known to them, that he was not connected to any gangs and that he was not believed to be acting based on ideological motives. 'At the moment, the police believe that the perpetrator was acting alone, but we cannot rule out more perpetrators connected to the incident,' police said Tuesday. They also did not say what type of weapon the perpetrator used. Police said that the attacker also shot at officers after they arrived at the campus. In a press conference Wednesday, police said that when they found the attacker, he was already dead and that it appears that he shot himself. The attacker has not yet been identified by authorities. School shootings are rare, but Sweden – long associated with high living standards and a strong social safety net – has seen a surge in violent crime in recent years, driven in part by gang warfare. In 2023, Sweden had the highest rate of deadly gun violence per capita in the European Union, according to Reuters. In 2024, at least 40 people were shot dead in the country of only 10 million people – down from a peak of 63 people shot dead in 2022. Although Sweden has high rates of gun ownership by EU standards, Swedes have to obtain a license before being allowed to own a weapon and the country places tight restrictions on eligibility. Prime Minister Kristersson called for an investigation into how Tuesday's 'horrific' crime could have occurred. 'We've today seen brutal, deadly violence against completely innocent people – this is the worst mass shooting in Swedish history,' he said. King Carl Gustaf and Queen Silvia joined Kristersson and other top officials to lay flowers at a makeshift vigil outside the school on Wednesday. CNN's Sana Noor Haq contributed reporting.
CNN
05-02-2025
- CNN
Sweden just experienced the worst mass shooting in its history. Here's what we know
A gunman opened fire at an adult education center in the Swedish city of Örebro on Tuesday, killing at least 10 people in what the country's prime minister called the 'worst mass shooting in Swedish history.' Swedish police are still piecing together how the tragedy occurred. Here's what we know so far. At 12:33 p.m. local time (6:33 a.m. ET) on Tuesday, police received reports of a shooting in Örebro, a city about 160 kilometers (100 miles) west of the capital, Stockholm. The shooting occurred at Campus Risbergska, a school for adults who have not completed earlier stages of education. Such facilities are known as a Komvux in Sweden. Komvuxes provide vocational training, Swedish language classes and other courses for adults seeking the qualifications needed to gain employment. They are also essential services for Sweden's refugee and migrant populations. Cellphone videos showed students taking shelter under desks while alarms screeched and red lights flashed. 'We heard bangs and loud screams. At first we didn't understand what it was, but then we realized it could be gunfire,' Andreas Sundling, a 28-year-old student at the campus, told CNN affiliate Expressen. He said his classmates barricaded the doors and took cover for around an hour, before police entered the classroom and evacuated the students. 'There was blood all over the corridor,' Sundling said. At least 10 people were killed and six were injured in the attack, police said. The attacker also died. In an update Wednesday, Örebro regional authorities said six people were being treated at the local university hospital. Three women and two men, all adults, were admitted for gunshot wounds and underwent surgery. Initially thought to have life-threatening injuries, the authorities said the five are now in a 'stable but serious' condition. Another woman also received treatment for more minor injuries. No one else was admitted to the hospital overnight, authorities said. By the time the attack began, many students had left the campus after taking a national exam on Tuesday, Lena Warenmark, a teacher, told Swedish public broadcaster SVT. Mary Pegado, a 54-year-old teacher at the school, said she and her students had run to safety after someone burst into her classroom and told them to get out. 'I think of my students,' Pegado told Reuters. 'Many of them have fled from countries where things like this happen, and now they experience it here. It is horrible,' she said. Not much, yet. Police said that the attacker was not known to them, that he was not connected to any gangs and that he was not believed to be acting based on ideological motives. 'At the moment, the police believe that the perpetrator was acting alone, but we cannot rule out more perpetrators connected to the incident,' police said Tuesday. They also did not say what type of weapon the perpetrator used. Police said that the attacker also shot at officers after they arrived at the campus. In a press conference Wednesday, police said that when they found the attacker, he was already dead and that it appears that he shot himself. The attacker has not yet been identified by authorities. School shootings are rare, but Sweden – long associated with high living standards and a strong social safety net – has seen a surge in violent crime in recent years, driven in part by gang warfare. In 2023, Sweden had the highest rate of deadly gun violence per capita in the European Union, according to Reuters. In 2024, at least 40 people were shot dead in the country of only 10 million people – down from a peak of 63 people shot dead in 2022. Although Sweden has high rates of gun ownership by EU standards, Swedes have to obtain a license before being allowed to own a weapon and the country places tight restrictions on eligibility. Prime Minister Kristersson called for an investigation into how Tuesday's 'horrific' crime could have occurred. 'We've today seen brutal, deadly violence against completely innocent people – this is the worst mass shooting in Swedish history,' he said. King Carl Gustaf and Queen Silvia joined Kristersson and other top officials to lay flowers at a makeshift vigil outside the school on Wednesday. CNN's Sana Noor Haq contributed reporting.
Euronews
05-02-2025
- Euronews
Tributes laid at site of Sweden school shooting as death toll rises to 11
Tributes were laid early Wednesday at the site of Sweden's worst ever mass shooting, which left at least 11 people dead, including the gunman, and at least five seriously wounded at an adult education centre west of Stockholm. Officials warned that the death toll could rise. Candles were lit and flowers laid in memory of the victims across the road from the school, as police helicopters circled above the heavily policed scene. A witness to the shooting said he and his fellow students barricaded themselves for over two hours in a classroom with his teacher and colleagues as the shooter targeted victims outside. Student Andreas Sundling said his class had just started when they heard a commotion outside. "At first we thought the people were fighting outside and maybe, I don't know, throwing chairs and tables," he told Sky News in an interview. "Then we heard people screaming. And then the people in my class, they realised that something is wrong here and we came to the conclusion that it's a shooting." Sundling said the group blocked the door with tables and chairs then waited for more than two hours before police came and knocked down the door. "When they took us out from the classroom and when I passed the entrance to the school, I looked down and there was blood everywhere," he recounted. Gunman likely acted alone The gunman's motive hadn't been determined by early Wednesday as the Scandinavian nation — where gun violence at schools is very rare — reeled from the attack. The school, called Campus Risbergska, offers primary and secondary educational classes for adults age 20 and older, Swedish-language classes for immigrants, vocational training and programmes for people with intellectual disabilities. It is on the outskirts of Örebro, which is about 200 kilometres west of Stockholm. King Carl XVI Gustaf and Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson ordered flags to be flown at half-staff at the Royal Palace and government buildings. Roberto Eid Forest, head of the local police, told reporters that the suspected gunman was among the dead. There were no warnings beforehand, and police believe the perpetrator acted alone. Police haven't said if the man was a student at the school. Though they haven't published a possible motive, authorities said there were no suspected connections to terrorism at this point.
Yahoo
05-02-2025
- Yahoo
Sweden just experienced the worst mass shooting in its history. Here's what we know
A gunman opened fire at an adult education center in the Swedish city of Örebro on Tuesday, killing at least 10 people in what the country's prime minister called the 'worst mass shooting in Swedish history.' Swedish police are still piecing together how the tragedy occurred. Here's what we know so far. At 12:33 p.m. local time (6:33 a.m. ET) on Tuesday, police received reports of a shooting in Örebro, a city about 160 kilometers (100 miles) west of the capital, Stockholm. The shooting occurred at Campus Risbergska, a school for adults who have not completed earlier stages of education. Such facilities are known as a Komvux in Sweden. Komvuxes provide vocational training, Swedish language classes and other courses for adults seeking the qualifications needed to gain employment. They are also essential services for Sweden's refugee and migrant populations. Cellphone videos showed students taking shelter under desks while alarms screeched and red lights flashed. 'We heard bangs and loud screams. At first we didn't understand what it was, but then we realized it could be gunfire,' Andreas Sundling, a 28-year-old student at the campus, told CNN affiliate Expressen. He said his classmates barricaded the doors and took cover for around an hour, before police entered the classroom and evacuated the students. 'There was blood all over the corridor,' Sundling said. At least 10 people were killed and six were injured in the attack, police said. The attacker also died. In an update Wednesday, Örebro regional authorities said six people were being treated at the local university hospital. Three women and two men, all adults, were admitted for gunshot wounds and underwent surgery. Initially thought to have life-threatening injuries, the authorities said the five are now in a 'stable but serious' condition. Another woman also received treatment for more minor injuries. No one else was admitted to the hospital overnight, authorities said. By the time the attack began, many students had left the campus after taking a national exam on Tuesday, Lena Warenmark, a teacher, told Swedish public broadcaster SVT. Mary Pegado, a 54-year-old teacher at the school, said she and her students had run to safety after someone burst into her classroom and told them to get out. 'I think of my students,' Pegado told Reuters. 'Many of them have fled from countries where things like this happen, and now they experience it here. It is horrible,' she said. Not much, yet. Police said that the attacker was not known to them, that he was not connected to any gangs and that he was not believed to be acting based on ideological motives. 'At the moment, the police believe that the perpetrator was acting alone, but we cannot rule out more perpetrators connected to the incident,' police said Tuesday. They also did not say what type of weapon the perpetrator used. Police said that the attacker also shot at officers after they arrived at the campus. In a press conference Wednesday, police said that when they found the attacker, he was already dead and that it appears that he shot himself. The attacker has not yet been identified by authorities. School shootings are rare, but Sweden – long associated with high living standards and a strong social safety net – has seen a surge in violent crime in recent years, driven in part by gang warfare. In 2023, Sweden had the highest rate of deadly gun violence per capita in the European Union, according to Reuters. In 2024, at least 40 people were shot dead in the country of only 10 million people – down from a peak of 63 people shot dead in 2022. Although Sweden has high rates of gun ownership by EU standards, Swedes have to obtain a license before being allowed to own a weapon and the country places tight restrictions on eligibility. Prime Minister Kristersson called for an investigation into how Tuesday's 'horrific' crime could have occurred. 'We've today seen brutal, deadly violence against completely innocent people – this is the worst mass shooting in Swedish history,' he said. CNN's Sana Noor Haq contributed reporting.
CNN
05-02-2025
- CNN
Sweden just experienced the worst mass shooting in its history. Here's what we know
A gunman opened fire at an adult education center in the Swedish city of Örebro on Tuesday, killing at least 10 people in what the country's prime minister called the 'worst mass shooting in Swedish history.' Swedish police are still piecing together how the tragedy occurred. Here's what we know so far. At 12.33 p.m. local time (6.33 a.m. ET) on Tuesday, police received reports of a shooting in Örebro, a city about 160 kilometers (100 miles) west of the capital, Stockholm. The shooting occurred at Campus Risbergska, a school for adults who have not completed earlier stages of education. Such facilities are known as a Komvux in Sweden. Komvuxes provide vocational training, Swedish language classes and other courses for adults seeking the qualifications needed to gain employment. They are also essential services for Sweden's refugee and migrant populations. Cellphone videos showed students taking shelter under desks while alarms screeched and red lights flashed. 'We heard bangs and loud screams. At first we didn't understand what it was, but then we realized it could be gunfire,' Andreas Sundling, a 28-year-old student at the campus, told CNN affiliate Expressen. He said his classmates barricaded the doors and took cover for around an hour, before police entered the classroom and evacuated the students. 'There was blood all over the corridor,' Sundling said. At least 10 people were killed and six were injured in the attack, police said. The attacker also died. In an update Wednesday, Örebro regional authorities said six people were being treated at the local university hospital. Three women and two men, all adults, were admitted for gunshot wounds and underwent surgery. Initially thought to have life-threatening injuries, the authorities said the five are now in a 'stable but serious' condition. Another woman also received treatment for more minor injuries. No one else was admitted to the hospital overnight, authorities said. By the time the attack began, many students had left the campus after taking a national exam on Tuesday, Lena Warenmark, a teacher, told Swedish public broadcaster SVT. Mary Pegado, a 54-year-old teacher at the school, said she and her students had run to safety after someone burst into her classroom and told them to get out. 'I think of my students,' Pegado told Reuters. 'Many of them have fled from countries where things like this happen, and now they experience it here. It is horrible,' she said. Not much, yet. Police said that the attacker was not known to them, that he was not connected to any gangs and that he was not believed to be acting based on ideological motives. 'At the moment, the police believe that the perpetrator was acting alone, but we cannot rule out more perpetrators connected to the incident,' police said Tuesday. They also did not say what type of weapon the perpetrator used. Police said that the attacker also shot at officers after they arrived at the campus. In a press conference Wednesday, police said that when they found the attacker, he was already dead. The attacker has not yet been identified by authorities. School shootings are rare, but Sweden – long associated with high living standards and a strong social safety net – has seen a surge in violent crime in recent years, driven in part by gang warfare. In 2023, Sweden had the highest rate of deadly gun violence per capita in the European Union, according to Reuters. In 2024, at least 40 people were shot dead in the country of only 10 million people – down from a peak of 63 people shot dead in 2022. Although Sweden has high rates of gun ownership by EU standards, Swedes have to obtain a license before being allowed to own a weapon and the country places tight restrictions on eligibility. Prime Minister Kristersson called for an investigation into how Tuesday's 'horrific' crime could have occurred. 'We've today seen brutal, deadly violence against completely innocent people – this is the worst mass shooting in Swedish history,' he said. CNN's Sana Noor Haq contributed reporting.
