According to the reports, Sweden Shooter an inmate who had maintained little contact with his family for years

On Tuesday, the Police responded to the reports of a shooting in Orebro, a city to 124 miles west Stockholm, at 12.33 pm local time and participated in an exchange of bullets with the suspect.

Terrified students fought to cover the desks and some even locked themselves in the classrooms. The alleged author, appointed by the Swedish media like Rickard Andersson, was later found with a gunshot wound, police said.

Five people were in “serious” condition in the hospitals after the shooting at the Risbergska School, Oribro officials said Wednesday morning.

Three women and two men, for more than 18 years, were operated after being admitted with gunshot wounds. Everyone is in a stable but serious state at the University Hospital of Obebro.

For early Wednesday, details about the shooting and the suspect were not clear when Sweden, where school shootings are extremely rare, dealt with the consequences of the attack.

The reason for the gunman has not yet been determined.

The 35 -year -old man, who died at the scene of an apparent self -inflicted bullet wound, had distanced himself from family and friends in recent years, relatives said when details about him began to emerge.

The bloodshed was so severe that the police initially fought to determine the number of victims amid the butcher shop.

Police said the suspect, who has not been formally identified, believes he shot himself, Sweden Herald reported. According to reports, Andersson changed to a military uniform in school bath before opening fire.

A police theory is that he deliberately saved some people while attacked others, although his reasons to do so remain clear, according to Aphonbladet, a Swedish newspaper.

Orebro police chief Roberto Eid Forest said the attacker acted alone and was not known by the police before the shooting. Nor did he have connection with a gang, he said. “At this time we are sure that no more attacks will occur. The schools that were busy have been evacuated, ”said Forest Police chief.

“We are working with secret services, but I know, he is an unknown person for the police,” said Forest, when he was asked if the shooter lived in Orebro.

He added that the police “cannot say anything about the type of weapon” that was used during the attack “apart from that it was a firearm.”

Aphonbladet, citing relatives of the alleged shooter, described him as an inmate who had maintained little contact with his family for years.

The Swedish station SVT, citing unidentified sources, reported that the attacker had a hunting license, like many in Sweden, and used a hunting weapon during the shooting.

After the attack, the police carried out a large -scale search operation in a residence in Orebro that is believed to be linked to the suspect.

The search operation was extensive, with strongly armed officers deployed on the scene and drones used to inspect the apartment through its windows.

Meanwhile, the snipers took positions on the nearby roofs and the 5 PM, local time, the initial phase of the operation had concluded, and the laces rose. However, the officers on the scene refused to answer questions from local residents or specify how long the operation would continue.

All government buildings and royal palaces in Sweden will fly at half -mast flags of the 9 am on Wednesday to commemorate the shooting, said press secretary of the Prime Minister of Sweden, Tom Samuelsson.

On Wednesday, the Swedish police warned people against “erroneous narratives” that they were spreading on social networks with respect to mass shooting.

“We want to be clear that, according to the investigation and intelligence information today, there is no information that aims at the culprit of the acting on ideological motifs,” police said in a brief statement on their website.