Police have said 11 people have been killed 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.

As many as 10 people have died in a shooting at a school in Sweden, police have confirmed. The deadly attack happened on Tuesday afternoon at Risbergska School, an adult education centre, in the city of Örebro, about 125 miles west of Stockholm.

The shooting at Sweden's school on Wednesday erupted after many students had gone home after a national exam. Sweden's prime minister Ulf Kristersson termed it the country's worst mass shooting.

Five people have been shot at an adult education centre in Sweden, police have said, with four in the hospital. Authorities say that the danger wasn't over and urged the public to stay away from the school. The extent of the victims' injuries wasn't immediately clear. The adult education center is about 125 miles west of Stockholm.

A shooting occurred Tuesday at a school in Örebro, a city located 105 miles from Stockholm, leaving five victims hurt.

Swedish police said “around 10 people” have been killed in a shooting at a school in central Sweden, with the suspected perpetrator believed to be among those dead.

Five people have been shot at a school in Sweden as police warned the danger was not over while armed officers rushed to the scene. Armed police descended on the Risbergska School, an adult educational institute in the city of Örebro some 200 km (125 miles) west of Stockholm on Tuesday.

Swedish police are responding to a school shooting in Orebro, Sweden, on Tuesday after reports said at least 10 people were killed