Swedish media have named the attacker as Rickard Andersson, 35. Image: Swedish media have named the attacker as Rickard Andersson The head of the local police, Roberto Eid Forest, said the school ...

Citing police sources, the Swedish national broadcaster and multiple media outlets, including Reuters, have named Rickard Andersson, 35, as the man who opened fire, killing 10 people and himself ...

At least five people have been shot at a school in the central Swedish city of Örebro on Tuesday, according to authorities. The extent of injuries sustained by the victims is currently not known.

Swedish police have given an update on the mass shooting that happened on a school campus in Orebro on Tuesday Ten people, plus the gunman, were killed - police say they are still trying to work ...

Police say guns can be linked to the suspected perpetrator Attacker was a 35-year-old unemployed Swedish man, sources say 11 people, including suspected shooter, killed in attack 10 empty bullet ...

"We were at home and heard a commotion outside." Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson said it was the worst mass shooting in Swedish history. "It is hard to take in the full extent of what has happened ...

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The killings took place at a large learning centre popular with non-Swedish residents who want to integrate. Mandatory language tests were proposed recently in Sweden by a Right-leaning government ...

The horrific attack – described by prime minister Ulf Kristersson as the worst mass shooting in Swedish history – unfolded on Tuesday after many students had gone home following a national exam.

Ulf Kristersson, the PM, is first to speak, who says it is the "worst mass shooting in Swedish history". "Today, we have witnessed brutal, deadly violence against completely innocent people," he says.

He has been named widely in Swedish media as Rickard Andersson. Anna Bergkvist, the head of the police investigation, told the BBC on Thursday that suspect had killed himself inside the school.

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