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WORLD NEWS Wednesday 5 February 2025
About 10 killed at adult education center in what officials say is

Sweden’s worst mass shooting

By STEFANIE DAZIO we stand with the people
Associated Press of Sweden.”
About 10 people, including The damage at the crime
the gunman, were killed on scene was so extensive
Tuesday at an adult edu- that investigators were un-
cation center in what Swe- able to be more definitive
den’s prime minister called about the number of fatali-
the country’s worst mass ties, said Roberto Eid Forest,
shooting. But a final death head of the local police.
toll, a conclusive number Police said that the death
of wounded and a motive toll could rise. Eid Forest told
hadn’t yet been deter- reporters that the suspect-
mined hours later. ed gunman was among
Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson those killed. Police believe
gave a news conference in the perpetrator acted
the aftermath of the trag- alone, and he wasn’t pre-
edy, which happened on viously known to police, of-
the outskirts of Orebro. The ficials said.
city is located about 200 ki- Authorities said that there
lometers (125 miles) west of were no suspected con-
Stockholm. nections to terrorism at this
The school, called Campus point, but police didn’t pro-
Risbergska, serves students vide a motive.
over age 20, according Emergency services at the scene of an incident at Risbergska School, in Örebro, Sweden, Tuesday, “Of course, we all want to
to its website. Primary and Feb. 4, 2025. understand why this hap-
upper secondary school Associated Press pened, what occurred,
courses are offered, as well “But the time will come Justice Minister Gunnar munity. and what motives the per-
as Swedish classes for immi- when we will know what Strömmer called the shoot- The shooting also sent petrator may have had,”
grants, vocational training happened, how it could ing “an event that shakes shockwaves through Eu- Kristersson said. “We will
and programs for people occur, and what motives our entire society to its rope, with officials in Brus- have to wait for those an-
with intellectual disabilities. may have been behind it. core.” sels expressing their out- swers in due time, the pic-
“Today, we have witnessed Let us not speculate,” he While Swedes read about rage at the carnage. ture will become clearer.”
brutal, deadly violence said. such violence in other “What happened today Police raided the suspect’s
against completely inno- Gun violence at schools places, Strömmer said that in Örebro is truly horrify- home after Tuesday’s
cent people,” Kristersson is very rare in Sweden. But the country previously felt ing,” European Commis- shooting, but it wasn’t im-
told reporters in Stockholm. there have been several it wouldn’t happen there. sion President Ursula von mediately clear what they
“This is the worst mass shoot- incidents in recent years Other tragedies in Swed- der Leyen wrote on social found. Eid Forest said there
ing in Swedish history. Many in which people were ish schools weren’t to the media. “Such violence were no warning signs be-
questions remain unan- wounded or killed with oth- extent of Tuesday’s attack, and terror have no place fore the attack. Authorities
swered, and I cannot pro- er weapons such as knives he said, calling it “inde- in our societies least of all were working to identify
vide those answers either. or axes. scribably sad” for the com- in schools. In this dark hour, the deceased.q

As hundreds of quakes rattle Greek islands, a few brave tourists

have Santorini to themselves

By DEREK GATOPOULOS the swarm as a series of work in certain areas. Fira, the narrow, white- in the off-season except
Associated Press tremors of similar magni- The quakes have caused washed streets along the for small pockets of tour
SANTORINI, Greece (AP) tude occurring in clusters. cracks in some older build- island’s clifftops were de- groups, many from Asian
— The hundreds of earth- Thousands of residents and ings, but no injuries have serted a rare sight even countries.q
quakes that have rattled seasonal workers have left been reported.
Greek islands on the Ae- the Cycladic Islands as Efthimios Lekkas, head of
gean Sea are a “seismic quakes up to magnitude the state-run Earthquake
swarm” and could contin- 5 have been recorded in Planning and Protection
ue for weeks before even- the volcanic region since Organization, said the epi-
tually diminishing, the San- Friday. Ferry and commer- center of the earthquakes
torini mayor told The As- cial flight operators have in the Aegean was mov-

sociated Press on Tuesday added services to ac- ing northward away from
pausing to chuckle as new commodate departures. Santorini, and emphasized
tremors shook items on his More Greek islands closed there was no connection
desk. “This phenomenon schools Tuesday. to the area’s dormant vol-
may play out with small A handful of hardy tourists canoes.
quakes or a single, slightly enjoyed having Santorini’s “This may last several days
stronger one, followed by stunning views to them- or several weeks. We are
gradual subsidence,” said selves. not able to predict the
Mayor Nikos Zorzos, adding Santorini earlier canceled evolution of the sequence A man walks on an empty street in the town of Oia on the
he was cautiously optimis- public events, restricted in time,” Lekkas told state- earthquake-struck island of Santorini, Greece, Tuesday, Feb.
tic after speaking to seis- travel to the island and run television. 4, 2025.
mologists who described banned construction In Santorini’s main town, Associated Press