Five people were shot and wounded at a school in the central Swedish city of Orebro on Tuesday, police said, urging the public to stay away from the area as a large operation was underway.
Images from the scene showed a large police presence with multiple ambulances and emergency vehicles outside the school.
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Five people were shot and wounded at a school in the central Swedish city of Orebro on Tuesday, police said, urging the public to stay away from the area as a large operation was underway.
Images from the scene showed a large police presence with multiple ambulances and emergency vehicles outside the school.
School attacks are relatively rare in Sweden, which has in recent years grown more accustomed to shootings and bombings linked to gang violence that kill dozens of people each year.
“The extent of the injuries is unclear. The operation is ongoing,” police said in a statement, adding later that no officers had been wounded during the operation.
Police initially said that four people had been shot, but updated the tally minutes later to five.
The crime was being investigated as “attempted murder, arson and an aggravated weapons offence”.
Members of the public were urged to stay away from the area, or stay inside their homes.
ttan by a sword-wielding assailant later killed by police.cks are relatively rare in Sweden, which has in recent years grown more accustomed to shootings and bombings linked to gang violence that kill dozens of people each year.
“The extent of the injuries is unclear. The operation is ongoing,” police said in a statement, adding later that no officers had been wounded during the operation.
Police initially said that four people had been shot, but updated the tally minutes later to five.
The crime was being investigated as “attempted murder, arson and an aggravated weapons offence”.
Members of the public were urged to stay away from the area, or stay inside their homes.
ttan by a sword-wielding assailant later killed by police.
