A gunman killed at least 11 people and wounded several others at the Risbergska adult education center in Orebro, Sweden, in what authorities are calling the country's deadliest mass shooting. Police believe the suspected killer, identified as 35-year-old Rickard Andersson, acted alone and used licensed rifles. The attack has shocked Sweden, prompting calls for increased security measures at schools.
The attack occurred on Tuesday at the Risbergska adult education centre in Orebro , a city of more than 100,000 people, about 200 km west of Stockholm, killing at least 11 people.Police believe the suspected killer - identified by Swedish media as Rickard Andersson, a 35-year-old unemployed recluse - acted alone. / Photo: AP
Police believe the suspected killer - identified by Swedish media as Rickard Andersson, a 35-year-old unemployed recluse - acted alone. Swedish authorities have said there was no evidence so far that the shooter, whose body was discovered at the scene, had"ideological motives". "There is still a lot of work to be done there and not everyone has been definitively identified," the police spokesperson said."There are formalities for that."
The Campus Risbergska school has around 2,700 pupils, around 800 of whom were enrolled in Swedish for Immigrants courses, according to information provided by the local authority.
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