Sweden:
At Least 10 Dead in Sweden’s ‘Worst Mass Shooting,’ Prime Minister Says
The shooting occurred at a center for adult education in the city of Orebro. The suspect is believed to be among the dead, officials said.
The shooting occurred at a center for adult education in the city of Orebro. The suspect is believed to be among the dead, officials said.
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The suspect was among the dead, the country’s justice minister, Gunnar Strommer, said. But the authorities released few other details, including the person’s identity and a possible motive.
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We do not think there is any terror motive behind this, but it is too early in the investigation to say,” Roberto Eid Forest, the head of the local police, said on Tuesday evening. “We think we have the perpetrator,” he added, “but we are not ruling out anything.”
The shooting occurred in Orebro, a city about 120 miles west of the capital, Stockholm. It came as Sweden, more commonly associated with high living standards, women’s rights and relatively welcoming asylum policies, has been grappling with a steadily swelling epidemic of gun violence and
one of the highest per capita rates of gun violence in the European Union, police statistics show. …”