Sweden shooting latest: Five people shot at Orebro school as gunman armed with automatic weapon opens fire

The Swedish police have confirmed that no officers are among the injured during a shooting in Orebro.

Local media reports that some police officers were shot when they responded to the shooting earlier today.

At least five people were shot, one of whom is considered the perpetrator who committed suicide.

A huge police operation is underway in Sweden after Schoten were fired at Risbergska School in Orebro, about 200 km (125 miles) west of Stockholm.

Five people were shot with the severity of injuries that are unknown at this stage.

Swedish media have reported that the perpetrator shot himself dead and that police officers are wounded.

The shooting took place in a campus area where different schools, for both children and adults, are located.

The police said that students were being held inside at the affected school and also at nearby schools.

A witness said they saw 'a lot of blood' in the midst of reports, some were trapped in classrooms while the shooting took place.

The police are supposed to hold a press conference in the following hour.

The police in Sweden are said to hold a press conference in an hour after the shooting in Orebro School.

We will bring you the latest developments to this story when and when we can.

Witnesses to the shooting at school told how they 'saw a lot of blood' after the shooting at school in Orebro

Magnus Håkansson said to Expressen: 'I heard pony and then I came out quite early. The police ordered me to lie down on the spot. I saw a lot of blood '.

Andreas Sundling, 28, who is in a classroom at school, added that the school is “full of police officers”

'Now we are waiting here to be evacuated from the school. The information we have received is that we have to stay and wait, “he added.

The Swedish newspaper Express reports that the shooter in Orebro has shot himself with the police who declare that the situation is no longer 'life -threatening'.

Five people were injured after shots were fired earlier today.

The Swedish police have confirmed that five people were shot in an attack on a school in the city of Orebro, which causes a huge reaction from rescue services.

In a statement, a police spokesperson said:

Five people are confirmed. This is currently seen as an attempted murder, arson and heavy weapon commitments.

Ambulances, rescue services and police are on site, said a spokesperson for local rescue services.

A police spokesperson refused to comment further when he was reached by Reuters.

Here are some pictures of Orebro where the police locked a school after a shooting at a school.

Students are reportedly trapped in the building while shots were fired with an automatic weapon.

Swedish newspaper Express reports that five people were shot in Orebro with automatic weapons.

The seriousness of the injuries is unknown at this stage, but the police have previously indicated that there is a danger to life.

Photos taken from the school show students who take shelter under tables.

Here is our crushing new story on the MailOnline website, because reports indicate that there has been a shooting at a school in the Swedish city of Orebro.

Hello and welcome to the live coverage of MailOnline, since an important police operation in Sweden starts in the midst of reports of a shooting at school.

Schoten were reported at the Risbergska school in the Västhaga district in örebro shortly after noon, in which spokesperson for the Lars Hedelin police confirms that there is a danger to life. “

Headteacher Mattias Molin said that many children had been evacuated, but added: 'I don't know much more than that. We don't know anything yet. '

In the meantime, an image was hired in the school and published by the Swedish press a person who lay on the floor of a classroom next to over -repelled seats.

It is believed that at least one person was injured, where Expressing reports that the person has been evacuated and taken to the hospital.

Stay with us while we bring you the latest updates of this crust news.