About 10 people including the gunman have been killed at an adult education center in what Sweden’s prime minister called the country’s “worst mass shooting.”

The shooting, at a center for adult education in the city of Orebro, was the worst mass shooting in Swedish history, the country’s prime minister said.

Police say around 10 people have been killed in a shooting at an education centre in central Sweden, including the suspected gunman. Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson described Tuesday's attack at Risbergska school in Orebro, 200km (124 miles) west of the capital city Stockholm, as the "worst mass shooting in Swedish history".

Police in Sweden said Tuesday that "about 10 people" were killed in a shooting earlier in the day at a school for adults in the city of Orebro, west of Stockholm. The police offered very little information on the incident throughout the most of the day,

STOCKHOLM, Feb 4 (Reuters) - Five people were shot on Tuesday in an attack at a school for adults in Sweden, triggering a massive response by rescue services, police said.

Those are the words of Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson, following what he described as the worst mass shooting in the country's history, with around 10 people killed. The shooting took place at an adult education centre - located on a campus with other schools - in the central city of Orebro at around 12:30 (11:30 GMT).

Around 10 people were killed in a school shooting in Sweden on Tuesday, Swedish police said. The shooting took place around 12:30 p.m. at an adult education centre on the outskirts of the city of Orebro, which is located about 200 kilometres west of Stockholm.

At least 10 people have died and many were wounded during a school shooting at an adult education center in southern Sweden on Tuesday afternoon.

Police say around 10 people have died in a shooting at an education campus in the city of Orebro.It is the worst school shooting ever to happen in Sweden, where school violence is rare. The suspected gunman is believed to be among the dead.

As many as 10 people have died in a shooting at a school in Sweden, police have confirmed. The deadly attack happened on Tuesday afternoon at Risbergska School, an adult education centre, in the city of Örebro, about 125 miles west of Stockholm.

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