About 10 people including the gunman have been killed at an adult education center in what Sweden’s prime minister called the country’s “worst mass shooting.”

Those are the words of Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson, following what he described as the worst mass shooting in the country's history, with around 10 people killed. The shooting took place at an adult education centre - located on a campus with other schools - in the central city of Orebro at around 12:30 (11:30 GMT).

Police said “around 10 people” were killed at a school on Tuesday, in what has been described as the worst mass shooting in Sweden’s history. The suspected perpetrator is among the dead.

About 10 people, including the gunman, were killed on Tuesday at an adult education centre in what Sweden’s prime minister called the country’s worst mass shooting.

Police say around 10 people have been killed in a shooting at an education centre in central Sweden, including the suspected gunman. Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson described Tuesday's attack at Risbergska school in Orebro, 200km (124 miles) west of the capital city Stockholm, as the "worst mass shooting in Swedish history".

Around 10 people were killed in a school shooting in Sweden on Tuesday, Swedish police said. (Reporting by Anna Ringstrom, Louise Rasmussen, Stine Jacobsen, Johan Ahlander, Simon Johnson and Niklas Pollard,

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.

Around 10 people were killed in a shooting at an adult education centre on Tuesday, Swedish police said, marking the country's deadliest gun attack in what the prime minister called a "painful day."