Sweden reeling after deadliest mass shooting

Shootings in Swedish schools are rare, but violent crime in the country has surged in recent years to record one of the highest per capita rate of gun violence in Europe

SWEDEN
250 miles
400km

Feb 4, 12:33 (11:33GMT): At least 11 people killed in shooting at adult education centre in city of Orebro. Suspected gunman among dead

HOMICIDES IN SWEDEN
(2017-24)

Number of victims
Use of firearm

87
87
112
106
113
108
111
124
113
116
121

25
28
33
30
40
43
45
48
45
63
53


150
120
90
60
30
0

2013
15
17
192
21
2023

GUN CRIME IN EUROPE
(Deaths per 100,000 people)*

Albania
Sweden
Bosnia & Herz.
Greece
Serbia
Bulgaria
Croatia
Netherlands
Italy
Malta
Finland
UK (Northern Ireland)
Austria
Slovenia
Lithuania
France
Spain
Czech Republic
Slovakia
Germany
UK (England & Wales)
Denmark
Hungary
UK (Scotland)

1.13
0.60
0.50
0.32
0.25
0.24
0.23
0.21
0.20
0.19
0.18
0.16
0.14
0.14
0.11
0.10
0.10
0.09
0.07
0.06
0.05
0.05
0.04
0.02

0.0
0.2
0.4
0.6

*UNODC. Data for 2022 or earlier available: UK, England & Wales, UK, Scotland (2021); Lithuania, Germany (2020); Denmark (2018); Bulgaria, France (2017)

Sources: Swedish National Council for Crime Prevention, UNODC
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