Sweden's deadliest attack leaves 10 dead at adult school

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STORY: Police were investigating the motive for a mass shooting at an adult education center in central Sweden on Tuesday – the country’s deadliest attack ever.

The local police chief said that “10 or so people” were killed in the shooting, telling a news conference that he couldn’t be more exact about the death toll at that time because “the extent of the incident is so large.”

He also said the gunman is believed to be among those killed.

[CHIEF OF LOCAL POLICE, ROBERTO EID FOREST]

“He is not known to the police from before and has no gang affiliations. What we believe is that it was a lone perpetrator. I want to emphasize that the situation could change, and this is the information we have at the moment.”

A student at the school for adults told local TV news that she and her friend tried to stem the bleeding of one of the victims.

“A guy next to me was shot in the shoulder. He was bleeding a lot. When I looked behind me I saw three people on the floor bleeding. Everyone was shocked. They said, ‘Get out! Get out!’ I and my friend tried to save the life of this person.”

The search for victims went into the evening, as Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson spoke to reporters.

“It is difficult to take in the magnitude of what has happened today, the darkness that is now falling over Sweden tonight. (flash) “Today we have seen a brutal deadly violence against completely innocent people. This is the worst mass shooting in Swedish history.”

Police said they had opened an investigation into murder, arson and an aggravated weapons offense.

The school in Orebro, Sweden – where the shooting took place – is for adults who did not complete their formal education or failed to get the grades to continue to higher education.

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