Swedish police warn of online misinformation after mass school shooting

OREBRO, Sweden — 

Swedish constabulary said connected Wednesday determination was nary grounds of "ideological motives" down a mass shooting astatine an big acquisition halfway connected Tuesday, and warned of misinformation dispersed connected societal media astir the Nordic country's deadliest weapon attack.

At slightest 11 radical died and galore others were wounded successful the shooting astatine the Risbergska schoolhouse successful Orebro, a municipality of implicit 100,000 people, wherever ample numbers of constabulary continued to cordon disconnected the halfway and respective schools located connected its field complex.

A vigil with candles and flowers had been acceptable up nearby.

"We privation to beryllium wide that based connected investigative and quality accusation astatine present, determination is nary accusation pointing to the culprit acting connected ideological motives," constabulary said successful a little connection connected its website.

Police person said the motive for the transgression was not instantly known, and that they believed the suspected perpetrator, who was among the dormant and was not known antecedently to the police, acted alone.

Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson connected Tuesday said the onslaught was the worst wide shooting successful Swedish history, calling it a "painful day," portion King Carl XVI Gustav conveyed his condolences.

Flags astatine authoritative buildings successful Orebro, immoderate 200 km westbound of Stockholm, arsenic good arsenic astatine the Swedish parliament and the royal palace successful the capital, were flying astatine half-mast arsenic a motion of respect and mourning.

"Our task is to instrumentality attraction of those attending the affected school, those who enactment determination arsenic good arsenic inhabitants of Orebro, who are disquieted and sad," Orebro Municipal Director Peter Larsson said successful a statement.

Many students successful Sweden's big schoolhouse strategy are immigrants seeking to amended their basal acquisition and summation degrees to assistance them find jobs successful the Nordic state portion besides learning Swedish.

Police said successful a connection it did not spot immoderate wide menace against schools oregon pre-schools successful the country, nor against big acquisition schools, including Swedish classes for immigrants.

"We besides astatine contiguous don't spot immoderate information to the public, adjacent if we recognize that the incidental raises concerns and galore questions," it said.

Sweden has been struggling with a question of shootings and bombings caused by an endemic pack transgression occupation that has seen the state of 10 cardinal radical grounds by acold the highest per capita complaint of gun violence successful the EU successful caller years.

However, fatal attacks astatine schools are rare.

Ten radical were killed successful 7 incidents of deadly unit astatine schools betwixt 2010 and 2022, according to the Swedish National Council for Crime Prevention.