A gunman opened fire at an adult education center in the Swedish city of Örebro on Tuesday, killing at least 10 people in what the country’s prime minister called the “worst mass shooting in Swedish history.

Swedish news outlets identified the shooter as Rickard Andersson, a 35-year-old from Orebro, the city where the shooting occurred, although the police have not publicly confirmed that.

The king and queen visited the scene of the tragic event that occurred on Tuesday and Swedish flags were flown at half-mast to honor the victims.

Officials in Sweden have vowed to determine why a man killed 10 people, and apparently himself, in an unprecedented attack that's shaken their "society to its core."

One day after the killings at an adult educational center, some gathered to lay flowers and come to grips with the violence.

"There was blood everywhere," 16-year-old Linn told reporters at the scene of what has been described by Sweden's prime minister as the worst mass shooting in the country's history.

Sweden's right-wing government said on Friday it would seek to tighten gun laws in the wake of the country's deadliest mass shooting at an adult education centre where the attacker appeared to have used several of his own licensed rifles.

Five people have been shot at a school in Sweden, including several police officers. The shooting took place at Risbergska School in the city of Örebro, some 125 miles west of St

Sweden is reeling from the country's deadliest mass shooting this week as investigators continue to look into the gunman's motive

Swedish police say 5 people have been shot in an ongoing incident at a school in the city of Orebro, and there's no information on the victims' conditions.

Swedish police confirm around 10 people were killed at a school for adults on the outskirts of Stockholm. The gunman is believed to be among the dead.