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Sweden Suffers Deadliest Mass Shooting in History at Örebro School

A 35-year-old gunman killed ten people at a municipal adult education center before apparently taking his own life, leaving the nation in mourning.

  • The shooting occurred on February 4, 2025, at the Campus Risbergska adult education center in Örebro, approximately 200 km west of Stockholm.
  • The gunman, identified as a 35-year-old man with no prior criminal record or known gang affiliations, reportedly acted alone and died at the scene, likely by suicide.
  • Authorities have ruled out ideological motives but are still investigating the attacker's intentions, which remain unclear.
  • Six individuals were hospitalized with gunshot injuries, five of whom underwent surgery and are in serious but stable condition.
  • Sweden's Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson and King Carl XVI Gustaf expressed their condolences, calling the event the worst mass shooting in the country's history.
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