ÖREBRO: Sweden on Wednesday mourned the victims of its worst mass killing as police indicated that the gunman likely shot himself after killing 10 people at an adult education centre. Candles were lit and flowers laid in front of the cordoned off Campus Risbergska school for young adults in Orebro as residents flocked to pay their respects.
"We are very shocked," King Carl XVI Gustaf told reporters, after he and Queen Silvia laid flowers near the school, highlighting the country's struggle to understand events. "All of Sweden is mourning today." Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson, who also visited the site on Wednesday, has described the massacre as "the worst mass shooting in Swedish history". "Tuesday, February 4 will forever mark a dark day in Swedish history," he said in a statement. Police were working to establish the reason for the killing spree, and had not seen an indication of an "ideological motive", he said. — AFP
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