Sweden school shooting - latest: Five people shot as police respond to 'very serious' incident in Örebro
Sweden school shooting - latest: Five people shot as police respond to 'very serious' incident in Örebro
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Police say five people have been confirmed shot after an incident at a school in southern Sweden. Police are responding to an armed attack at a school in Sweden after five people were shot, police have said. Local authorities have issued a warning that the danger is “not over” as they urged people to stay away from the area of Vasthaga in the city of Örebro, roughly 125 miles west of the capital, Stockholm.
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“The reports of violence in Orebro are very serious. The police are on site and the operation is in full swing. The government is in close contact with the police, and is closely following developments,” justice minister Gunnar Strömmer told Swedish news agency TT. Students are being sheltered in nearby buildings. Other parts of the school were evacuated following the violence. The local hospital is stepping up its emergency operations in anticipation of having to deal with those affected by the attack, Swedish media has reported.
“Patients who have been waiting for the emergency room and who do not have life-threatening injuries are now referred to nearby health centres,” a spokesperson for the hospital said. Five people have been shot at an adult education centre in Sweden, police have said, with four in the hospital. Authorities say that the danger wasn't over and urged the public to stay away from the school. The extent of the victims' injuries wasn't immediately clear. The adult education center is about 125 miles west of Stockholm.
Students are being sheltered in nearby buildings. Other parts of the school were evacuated following the violence. "The reports of violence in Orebro are very serious. The police are on site and the operation is in full swing. The government is in close contact with the police, and is closely following developments," Justice Minister Gunnar Strömmer told Swedish news agency TT. Below, we have some pictures from the scene as police are searching the school in southern Sweden.
No police officers have been wounded in the shooting, officials have reported. The situation remains dangerous, however, the police added in a separate statement. Four people are in hospital following a shooting in an adult education centre, local authorities have said. “At the moment, we do not know the age of the injured. Nor the injury situation,” they added. They described the scene as “Ongoing fatal violence at school in Örebro”.
