Attack on school in Sweden's Orebro: Police report casualties
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There are reports coming from Sweden about an attack on a school in the city of Örebro. It is reported that an unknown person opened fire in the building of a high school. As a result of the shooting, there are dead and wounded.
According to preliminary data, 10 people were killed, and several more people received gunshot wounds of varying severity.
At the moment, information is coming in that the attacker has been identified among the dead. However, there is no information yet on whether he shot himself or was eliminated by Swedish police officers.
A spokesman for the Örebro Police Department confirms the shooting and the high number of dead and injured. According to him, the perpetrator used an automatic weapon in the attack. weapon - an assault rifle.
The Swedish press writes that the victims were high school students. According to other sources, it was an education and retraining center for adults. Many were forced to barricade themselves in the classrooms after hearing the sounds of gunfire.
The investigation will have to determine who exactly the attacker was, whether he studied at this school (training center) or had nothing to do with it.
For reference: Örebro is a Swedish city of 130, located approximately 200 km west of the country's capital, Stockholm. According to the latest information, since the early 2020s, the number of migrants has exceeded the number of native residents in a number of educational institutions in the city. Whether the crime at the Örebro school has "migrant" roots has not yet been reported.
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