A gunman who killed 11 people, including himself, at an adult education centre in central Sweden may have had links to the school, police said on Thursday, as they described chaotic scenes after the country's deadliest mass shooting as being like an "inferno".

Police have provided information on the gunman who opened fire and killed 11 people at an adult education centre on Tuesday in the Swedish city of Örebro. View on euronews

Swedish police found several rifles in the adult education centre in Orebro where a gunman killed 11 people and wounded several others this week in the country's deadliest mass shooting, a spokesperson said on Thursday.

Syria's embassy to Stockholm says Syrians were among the 10 victims of a gunman who carried out the worst shooting in Swedish history, at a school in Orebro this week. The suspected gunman, named locally as 35-year-old Rickard Andersson,

Sweden is reeling days after the country’s deadliest mass shooting left at least 11 people dead, including the gunman, as investigators continued to look into the shooter’s motive.

People in Orebro laid flowers on Wednesday (February 5) outside the school where Sweden's deadliest gun attack took place. Swedish police said there was no evidence of "ideological motives" behind the attack.

Police investigating Sweden's worst mass shooting were still trying to establish a motive as to why a lone gunman opened fire at an education campus in the southern city of Orebro, killing 10 people.

By Johan Ahlander and Anna Ringstrom OREBRO, Sweden (Reuters) -Swedish police said on Wednesday there was no evidence of "ideological motives" behind a mass shooting at an adult education centre, and warned of misinformation spread on social media about the Nordic country's deadliest gun attack.