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.

Eleven people — including the perpetrator — were killed in what Sweden's PM described as the worst mass shooting in the country's history. View on euronews

Police said they do not know the motive but do not believe it is terrorism, adding they "had no warning sign" about the attack. Officers are working to identify the perpetrator and the victims.

The shooting occurred at a center for adult education in the city of Orebro. The suspect is believed to be among the dead, officials said.

A gunman who killed 11 people, including himself, at an adult education centre in central Sweden may have been a student at the school, police said on Thursday, as they described chaotic scenes after the country's deadliest mass shooting as being like an "inferno".

The facility offers adult courses, including Swedish language classes for immigrants. Law enforcement officials say the shooter, who Swedish media have identified as 35-year-old Rickard Andersson, may have been a student at the center.

The government said it specifically wanted to restrict access to semi-automatic weapons such as the AR-15, citing it as

Seven women and three men died in Sweden's worst mass shooting, police said Friday after completing the identification of the victims. All of the victims, aged between 28 and 68 years old, lived in Orebro,