2025 Risbergska school shooting
| 2025 Risbergska school shooting | |
|---|---|
A police car at Campus Risbergska, five days after the shooting | |
| Location | Campus Risbergska, Örebro, Sweden |
| Coordinates | 59°16′10″N 15°9′58″E / 59.26944°N 15.16611°E |
| Date | 4 February 2025 12:33 – 14:15 (UTC+01:00) |
Attack type | School shooting, mass shooting, mass murder, arson, murder–suicide |
| Weapons |
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| Deaths | 11 (including the perpetrator)[1] |
Injured | 12 (6 by gunfire, 6 by smoke inhalation) |
| Perpetrator | Rickard Andersson |
| Motive | Under investigation |
On 4 February 2025, a school shooting happened at Campus Risbergska, an adult education centre in Örebro, Sweden. Eleven people were killed, including the perpetrator,[1][2][3] and six others injured.
Reasons behind the attack are under investigation by the Swedish Police Authority and the Swedish Security Service.[4][5][6] Six people were hospitalised.[7]
Swedish prime minister Ulf Kristersson said that it is the worst mass shooting in the country's history.[4]
The Swedish government and the Sweden Democrats unveiled plans to pass stricter regulations on firearms, including restricting access to semi-automatic weapons such as the AR-15.[8]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "04 februari 12.33, Skottlossning, Örebro". www.polisen.se (in Swedish). Swedish Police Authority. Retrieved 4 February 2025.
- ↑ "10-tal döda efter skolskjutning i Örebro". Aftonbladet (in Swedish). 4 February 2025. Archived from the original on 4 February 2025. Retrieved 4 February 2025.
- ↑ "Minst elva döda efter skjutningen på skola i Örebro". Dagens Nyheter (in Swedish). 5 February 2024. Retrieved 5 February 2024.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 "Stor polisinsats – fem personer skjutna vid skola i Örebro". SVT Nyheter (in Swedish). 4 February 2025. Archived from the original on 4 February 2025. Retrieved 4 February 2025.
- ↑ "Five people shot at school in central Sweden". BBC News. 4 February 2025. Archived from the original on 4 February 2025. Retrieved 4 February 2025.
- ↑ "Ett tiotal döda efter skolskjutning på Risbergska komvux i Örebro". Expressen (in Swedish). 4 February 2025. Retrieved 4 February 2025.
- ↑ Krupa, Jakub (4 February 2025). "Sweden shooting: five people shot at education centre in Örebro by attacker police believe is among the injured – latest updates". the Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 4 February 2025.
- ↑ Furtula, Aleksandar; Grits, Sergei; Dazio, Stefanie (7 February 2025). "One of the victims of Sweden's deadliest mass shooting called his fiancee to say he loved her". AP News. Retrieved 7 February 2025.