This Tuesday, around 12:30 pm, it was recorded A firearm attack at the facilities of the Risbergska Educational Campus, located in Sweden. The incident occurred shortly after several students left the enclosure after having presented a national exam.
According to official police reports, Five people were injured in the attack. The campus, in addition to teaching basic education, offers Swedish classes for immigrants, professional training and programs for people with intellectual disabilities.
The authorities responded to the attack report. Police vehicles and ambulances surrounded the parking lots and surrounding streets, while a helicopter flew over the area to reinforce surveillance. Some students were transferred to nearby buildings, while the remaining staff was evacuated.
Lena Waalsmark, Campus teacher, He declared to the medium SVT News that student assistance was unusually low on Tuesday afternoon due to the exam. He also mentioned having heard approximately ten shots.
One of the students, Andreas Sundling, 28, He had to take refuge within the campus and told his experience to the newspaper Expresssen:
“We listen to three rumbles and strong screams. Now we are hoping here waiting to be evacuated from school. The information we have received is that we must remain still and wait,” He expressed while taking refuge in a classroom.
At the time of police intervention, it had not been confirmed if the attacker was among the five injured, Police He announced a press conference to clarify the facts.
According to official statements, no agent was injured during the operation.
The Minister of Justice of Sweden, Gunnar Strömmer, described the attack as a fact “very serious”, ensuring that the police were acting quickly.
At a press conference on the Swedish labor market, The Minister of Employment and Integration, Mats Perss city where the attack occurred and that has a population of approximately 155 thousand inhabitants.
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