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2025 Risbergska school shooting

2025 Risbergska school shooting
Part of gun violence in Sweden
Flags at half-mast in Gothenburg the day after the shooting
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LocationCampus Risbergska, Örebro, Sweden
Coordinates59°16′10″N 15°9′58″E / 59.26944°N 15.16611°E / 59.26944; 15.16611
Date4 February 2025 (2025-02-04)
12:33 – 14:15 (UTC+01:00)
Attack type
School shooting, mass shooting, mass murder, arson, murder–suicide
Deaths11 (including the perpetrator)[1]
Injured12 (6 by gunfire, 6 by smoke inhalation)
PerpetratorRickard Andersson
MotiveUnder investigation

On 4 February 2025, a school shooting occurred at Campus Risbergska, an adult education centre in Örebro, Sweden. Eleven people were killed, including the perpetrator,[1][2] and six others injured. Motives behind the attack are currently under investigation by the Swedish Police Authority and the Swedish Security Service.[2][3][4] Six people were hospitalised, with authorities warning there may be more casualties.[5] According to Swedish prime minister Ulf Kristersson, it is the worst mass shooting in the country's history.[2]

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