Copenhagen, 4 February 2025 (dpa/MIA) - Around 10 people have been killed in a shooting incident at a school in the Swedish city of Örebro, police said on Tuesday.

The alleged perpetrator is believed to be among the dead, local police chief Roberto Eid Forest said during a press conference.

The number of injured was initially unclear, he said.

The shooting happened around midday at an adult education centre in Örebro, about 160 kilometres west of Stockholm.

Police don't believe that the shooting was a terror attack. The suspected perpetrator, a man, had not previously been known to police and is thought to have acted alone, Eid Forest said.

In an interview with broadcaster SVT radio, school principal Ingela Bäck Gustafsson said that she had been on her lunch break when students ran past her shouting that everyone should leave the school grounds.

"When I got to the playground, I heard shots, very close by," Bäck Gustafsson added. "We ran for our lives."

Numerous police officers and emergency responders were deployed to the school at the Risbergska campus, with students and staff being cared for at the school as well as at neighbouring schools and shops.

According to media reports, heavily armed police forces were seen at a residential address in Örebro in the afternoon at what could be the home of the alleged perpetrator.

Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson expressed shock and extended his condolences to the victims' families in a post on X, calling it a very painful day for all of Sweden.

"No one should have to experience the nightmare of sitting in a classroom and fearing for their lives," he said.to discuss the current political and security challenges in the region, as well as the geopolitical aspects of enlargement.

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