The massive shooting of Sweden at adult school is the worst in the country, with 11 dead, including the armed man.

OBRO, Sweden – Sweden worse massive shot He left at least 11 people dead on Tuesday, including the gunman, and at least five serious injured in an adult education center west Stockholm. The reason for the gunman had not been determined early Wednesday, since the Scandinavian nation, where armed violence in schools is very rare, recovered from an attack with such a bloodshed that the police from the beginning said it was difficult to count The death toll between the butcher shop.

Police chief Roberto Eid Forest, for the city of Over already dead when the police reached him.

The authorities said on Wednesday that three women and two men, all with gunshot wounds, had undergone surgery at the Hospital of the University of Obebro. All were in serious but stable condition after being admitted to the hospital with injuries that threaten life. Another woman was treated by minor wounds and was stable.

Jonas Claesson, Regional Director of Medical and Health Services, said that two of the shooting victims were in intensive care on Wednesday. All victims are over 18, the authorities said. No other patients related to the shooting were admitted to the Hospital of the University of Obebro during the night.

The school, called Risbergska Campus, offers primary and secondary educational classes for adults over 20, Swedish language classes for immigrants, vocational training and programs for people with intellectual disabilities. The school is on the outskirts of Orebro, which is about 125 miles west Stockholm.

The Minister of Justice, Gunnar Strömmer, described the shooting “an event that shakes our entire society in its nucleus.” King Carl XVI Gustaf and Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson ordered the flags to be flown in half the personnel in the Royal Palace and government buildings.

King and Queen Silvia were in Orebro and would visit the school district and attend a commemorative service in the city, said the palace. Kristerson and Strömmer would also be there. The Degerfors SI and Orebro Syrianska soccer teams will wear black bracelets in a preseason match on Wednesday night and maintain a minute of silence before the start, said Degerfors.

The shooting began on Tuesday afternoon after many students went home after a national exam. Protected students in nearby buildings, and other parts of the school were evacuated after shooting.

Eid Forest, head of the Local Police, said that the great facilities of the school meant that the officers took a long time to search the campus to make sure there were no more victims. Police heard shots when they arrived and initially thought they were being shot, he said.

Eid Forest said six officers were treated by smoke inhalation. There was no fire, he said, and the authorities did not know immediately what the smoke caused.

The researchers will spend Wednesday looking for witness information and reviewing any video of the attack. Police did not say if the shooter had multiple weapons.

There were no warnings in advance, and the police believe that the author acted alone. The police have not said if the man was a student at school. They have not published a possible reason, but the authorities said there were no suspicious connections with terrorism at this time.

The police raided the suspect’s house after Tuesday’s shooting, but it was not immediately clear what they found. They warned the public against the dissemination of incorrect narratives on social networks.

“Today we have witnessed brutal and mortal violence against completely innocent people,” the prime minister told journalists in Stockholm on Tuesday night. “This is the worst massive shooting in Swedish history. Many questions remain unanswered, and I can’t provide those answers.

“But the time will come when we will know what happened, how could it happen and what reasons may have been behind him. Let’s not speculate,” he said.

While armed violence in schools is very rare in Sweden, people were injured or killed with other weapons such as knives or axes in several incidents in recent years.

The possession of weapons is legal in Sweden, but the country Firearms laws They are strict, with “the right to possess weapons, even for protection purposes”, which require a license granted only with an explicit permit of the police force, which must be requested before any expected purchase.

Licensed arms owners must carry their documentation with them at all times when they have firearms, and the laws of the country cover not only weapons but also weapons that trigger or deploy tear gas.