It was about 12:30 p.m. on a gray Tuesday in Orebro, Sweden, when gunfire erupted at an adult education center, with students and teachers in class. Minutes later, as an alarm wailed, the police charged into the center, Campus Risbergska, where they encountered a chaotic, smoke-filled scene. It would be hours before they gave an…
On a typical day, the Risbergska educational center in the Swedish city of Orebro would be thrumming with students gathering to attend classes in subjects like construction, child care and Swedish for immigrants. On Wednesday, a day after a mass shooting left at least 11 people dead and sent shock waves throughout Sweden, the school…
Sweden was reeling and the authorities were searching for answers on Wednesday after what the government called the worst mass shooting in the country’s history. The authorities said that at least 11 people, including the person suspected of being the shooter, were killed on Tuesday at an adult education center in the city of Orebro,…