Sweden on Wednesday mourned the victims of its worst mass killing as police indicated that the gunman likely shot himself after killing 10 people at an adult education centre. Candles were lit and flowers laid in front of the cordoned off Campus Risbergska school for young adults in Orebro as residents flocked to pay their respects.
Police have not given details on the gunman or his motive. But they confirmed that 11 people, "including the killer", died in Tuesday's shooting spree in the town west of Stockholm. Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson, who also visited the site Wednesday, has described the massacre as "the worst mass shooting in Swedish history".
Asked about reports that the gunman turned his gun on himself, Orebro police chief Roberto Eid Forest told reporters that "there is a lot to indicate that". Forest told a press conference the suspect was dead when police reached him. Police were working to establish the reason for the killing spree, and had not seen an indication of an "ideological motive", he said.
The suspect was not previously known to police. Police said not all the victims had been fully identified and have not disclosed any information about them. Health authorities said six people were being treated at Orebro's university hospital. Three women and two men had undergone surgery for gunshot wounds and were in a "stable but serious" condition. A woman was treated for minor injuries, Orebro County authorities said in a statement, adding that all the wounded were over the age of Kristersson has invited all of Sweden's political party leaders to a meeting on Thursday that would begin with a minute of silence.
The TV4 television channel reported that police raided the suspected gunman's home in Orebro on Tuesday. It said the man was around 35 years old, licensed to carry a weapon and had no criminal record. Reports have not identified him however.
