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Police believe 10 people have been killed, including the perpetrator, after a gunman opened fire at an adult education centre in Örebro, Sweden.
Armed police were scrambled to Risbergska School at lunchtime on Tuesday as terrified students hid under their desks and barricaded themselves in classrooms.
At a press conference, police said that four of the five people who were shot underwent surgery, including one person who was seriously injured.
But following reports by Swedish broadcasters SVT and TV4 that several people were killed in the shooting, police later said about 10 people had died, however qualified that the extent of damage at the crime scene meant they couldn’t be sure.
Follow The Independent’s live coverage of the incident by clicking here.
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