Sweden’s deadliest school attack: Around 10 killed in Örebro shooting

• Around 10 people were killed in a shooting at a central Sweden education centre, including the suspected assailant.
• Örebro police chief Roberto Eid Forest said the incident is the deadliest school attack in the country’s history.
• The suspected gunman, not known to police or linked to gangs, reportedly turned the gun on himself.

Around 10 people have been killed in a shooting at an education centre in central Sweden, including the suspected assailant, police officials say.

The shooting was the deadliest school attack in the country’s history.

“Around 10 people have been killed today,” Örebro police chief Roberto Eid Forest told reporters, adding that police could “not be more specific about the number due to the large number of wounded”.

Police special forces are seen leaving the scene of the Risbergska School in Örebro, Sweden, following reports of a school shooting. Photo / AFP

He provided no details about the number of wounded.

“This is a terrible event. This is exceptional, a nightmare,” Forest said.

This is Sweden now.

Mass shooting at a school has left around 10 people dead.

The gunman opened fire with an automatic weapon.

Here are students hiding for their lives.

This never used to happen before.pic.twitter.com/3zQQW8v6t1

— PeterSweden (@PeterSweden7) February 4, 2025

Police did not disclose any information about the identity or ages of the dead, nor whether they were students or teachers at the Campus Risbergska secondary school for young adults.

Several media reported the suspected gunman turned his gun on himself but police would not confirm those reports.

“The suspected assailant is not known to police. He has no connection to any gang,” Forest said, referring to the surge in deadly shootings and bombings linked to gang violence that have plagued Sweden in recent years.

“We don’t expect any other attacks,” Forest said.

- Agence France-Presse