Police said “around 10 people” were killed — including the suspected gunman — in a shooting at a school in central Sweden, marking the worst mass shooting in the nation’s history.
Officers were called around 12:30 p.m. local time to a campus in Örebro, where a lone gunman allegedly opened fire on dozens of people and then shot himself before coming into contact with authorities, according to a report by CNN.
“We think he is a lone perpetrator,” local police chief Roberto Eid Forest added. “It’s a terrible event, it’s exceptional – a nightmare.”
Forest was not able to provide an exact death toll due to the extensive damage at the crime scene, although he did note that six people were taken to the hospital, with two being in stable condition.
Sweden’s Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson offered condolences to the victims’ families, stating, “We’ve today seen…
