ÖREBRO, Feb 5: Sweden on Wednesday mourned the victims of its worst mass killing as police indicated that the gunman probably shot himself after killing 10 people at an adult education centre.
Mourners left candles, flowers and notes in front of the cordoned-off Campus Risbergska, a school for young adults in Orebro, as residents joined members of the royal family to pay their respects.
Police have yet to give details about the gunman or his motives but they confirmed that 11 people, "including the killer", died in Tuesday's shooting in the town west of Stockholm.
Swedish media reports suggested the killer was a 35-year-old local man who had been living as a recluse and suffering from psychological problems.
"We are very shocked," King Carl XVI Gustaf told reporters after he and Queen Silvia laid flowers near the school. "All of Sweden is mourning today."
Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson, who also visited the site on Wednesday, described the massacre as "the worst mass shooting in Swedish history".
The royal couple, Kristersson and several government ministers joined hundreds at a service at Orebro's Nikolai Church.
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The church observed a minute of silence before dignitaries and representatives from Muslim, Buddhists and other faith groups lit candles.
Survivors were still trying to make sense of Tuesday's events.
"We looked at each other and we did not really understand what was happening," said 19-year-old student Isabella Hatidou, who lit a candle at the memorial on Wednesday.
"There was a lot of crying and panicking but we did our best to stay quiet."
Asked about reports that the gunman turned his gun on himself, Orebro police chief Roberto Eid Forest told reporters: "There is a lot to indicate that."
The suspect was dead when police reached him, he said, adding that there was not yet any indication of an "ideological motive".