What happened?
According to pupils at the school, a masked man opened fire inside Campus Risbergska, the main centre for adult education in the city of Örebro, around 200 kilometres west of Stockholm, at around 12.30pm on February 4th.
The college's head, Ingela Bäck Gustafsson, told public broadcaster SVT that she had been eating her lunch with colleagues when a large number of pupils ran up to them screaming that everyone needed to evacuate.
"Together with a big group of students, I ran out in the school yard, and when I was out there I heard shots nearby," she said. "But both I and a lot of others were just screaming 'run, run'. And we ran for our lives."
A video published by the Aftonbladet newspaper appears to show a glimpse of the shooter seen through the window of one of the school's doors.
Some parts of the school were evacuated and other parts were locked down, and many students and staff took cover at a nearby restaurant.
Lena Warenmark, a teacher speaking to public broadcaster SVT, said that there were unusually few students onsite, as they had gone home after a national test earlier in the day.
Is it a school?
The centre was originally built as an upper secondary school called Risbergska Skolan, but was converted in 2017 into a specialist school where adult students can complete their primary and secondary level education, learn Swedish, and receive vocational training. There are around 2,000 students at the school.
It is the kind of school where adults ‒ often immigrants ‒ can go to study a few modules or classes they need to qualify for Swedish university courses, study Swedish for Immigrants, or study to become an assistant nurse or another career which does not require university education.
It's on the same campus as Entréskolan, a primary school or grundskola for children aged between 5-16.
How many victims are there?
Seven women and three men were killed in the attack. All of the victims, aged between 28 and 68 years old, lived in Örebro.
Police found the gunman dead on the scene, having killed himself.
Before he did that, he fired his rifle at police, but no police officer was hurt in the attack.
What's the current situation?
Police announced on the evening of February 4th that they were confident the danger had passed.
It is believed the gunman acted on his own, but police are still trying to confirm whether or not he had accomplices. He does not appear to be connected to a gang or terror group.
Police are also still trying to establish a motive.
Who's the perpetrator?
Swedish media early on named the perpetrator as 35-year-old Rickard Andersson.
On February 10th, the prosecutor confirmed that Andersson was the suspect.
According to Aftonbladet, Andersson, who recently changed his name from Jonas Simon, had struggled with psychiatric problems through much of his upbringing, had failed to complete school, been unemployed and had lived a largely socially isolated life in recent years.
Most, if not all, of the victims had foreign backgrounds, and police are investigating whether or not Andersson had a racist or xenophobic motive. However, at the time of writing they haven't yet been able to establish one. He is not believed to have published any manifestos.
Andersson had a licence to own four different kinds of hunting rifles. Three rifles were found next to his body.
SEE ALSO: What do we know about the Örebro gunman?
How common are school shootings in Sweden?
Rare. This shooting was the deadliest attack on a school or college in the country's history.
In 2015, a man dressed in a home-made uniform and wielding samurai swords attacked a school in Trollhättan, killing three students before he was shot dead by police.
Seven school attacks have taken place since then, three of which resulted in fatalities. None of them involved guns.
The last shooting at a school took place in 2001, when a student was shot dead in a row over a bag of valium.
The last mass school shooting in Sweden was the Kungälv shooting in 1961, when a 17-year-old opened fire on a dance in a school gym, injuring seven students and killing one.
What next?
Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson has called for a minute of silence at noon on February 11th.
How have Swedish politicians reacted?
Kristersson on Tuesday night expressed his "bottomless sorrow" at what had taken place.
"We have today seen brutal, deadly violence against completely innocent people. This is the worst mass shooting in Swedish history," he said at a press conference at 7.30pm.
Kristersson, the King and Queen and Justice Minister Gunnar Strömmer visited Örebro on Wednesday.
"My thoughts go to those affected, their families and to the police on site," Social Democrat party leader Magdalena Andersson told TT on Tuesday afternoon.
Liberal leader Johan Pehrson, who lives in Örebro and attended the school when it was still an upper secondary school, reacted with shock.
"Risbergska used to be an upper secondary school. It was my upper secondary school. I was chair of the student council," he told TT outside the school on Tuesday night.
"This is a dark day for Sweden and a dark day for Örebro. My thoughts go to all the victims, their friends and families. Now it's time to grieve and let the police and other authorities do what they can to get to the bottom of who has done this, why it has happened, and what the aim was."
Sweden Democrat leader Jimmie Åkesson described the news on X as a "nightmare".
"It should not be possible for terrible acts like this to happen in Sweden. My thoughts go to those who find themselves in the centre of this nightmare."
"School should be a safe place," Centre Party leader Muharrem Demirok wrote on X. "Anything to the contrary is a failure. My thoughts go to those affected and their families."
Left Party leader Nooshi Dadgostar also commented the incident in a post on X.
"My heart is with those affected, with teachers, students and emergency service personnel. The violence our land is going through is a chasm we must find our way out of together."
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