Swedish police are still piecing together how the tragedy occurred. At p. The shooting occurred at Campus Risbergska, a school for adults who have not completed earlier stages of education. Such facilities are known as a Komvux in Sweden. Komvuxes provide vocational training, Swedish language classes and other courses for adults seeking the qualifications needed to gain employment. Cellphone videos showed students taking shelter under desks while alarms screeched and red lights flashed.
He said his classmates barricaded the doors and took cover for around an hour, before police entered the classroom and evacuated the students. While responding to the attack, officers were shot at with a rifle-style weapon, he said. At least 10 people were killed and six were injured in the attack, police said. The attacker also died. Three women and two men, all adults, were admitted for gunshot wounds and underwent surgery. Another woman also received treatment for more minor injuries.
No one else was admitted to the hospital overnight, authorities said. By the time the attack began, many students had left the campus after taking a national exam on Tuesday, Lena Warenmark, a teacher, told Swedish public broadcaster SVT. Mary Pegado, a year-old teacher at the school, said she and her students had run to safety after someone burst into her classroom and told them to get out.
A Syrian refugee was among those who were fatally shot, according to Reuters. A dozen firefighters were among the crowd, standing in silence, their heads bowed. Camille had been studying to become a nurse, according to Jenny. And why? There is no answer, so what question can I even ask? Hundreds of candles flickered in the cold night air. Two year-old boys, previously friends from primary school, stood arm in arm after bumping into each other at the vigil. They spoke of their shock over what happened, how they were forced to lock down in their high schools as the events played out.
They came to show their support, they said. The emotion was palpable. School shootings are rare in Sweden and there is real shock that the peace of this small Swedish city has been so violently shattered. Excluding Risbergska, schools in the area have reopened and resumed lessons, municipal director Peter Larsson told journalists Thursday.
