The government says it is seeking to strengthen vetting for gun licenses and restrict access to semi-automatic weapons.

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

Swedish police say about 10 people have been killed in a shooting at a school for adults in the city of Orebro, including the suspected gunman.

Sweden’s right-wing government said on Friday it would seek to tighten gun laws in the wake of the country’s deadliest mass shooting at an adult education center where the attacker appeared to have used several of his own licensed rifles.

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

Sweden is set to tighten its gun laws, including a ban on certain semiautomatic weapons, after a mass shooting that left 11 people dead.

Swedish police confirm around 10 people were killed at a school for adults on the outskirts of Stockholm. The gunman is believed to be among the dead.

Sweden's federal government is moving to enact stricter gun laws after a mass shooting that left 10 people dead, including the suspected gunman.

The government said it specifically wanted to restrict access to semi-automatic weapons such as the AR-15, citing it as

The shooter who killed 10 people in Sweden’s worst mass shooting earlier this week was connected to the adult education center where he opened fire with at least one rifle-like weapon, law enforcement officials said Thursday.