Several people shot dead near city centre school

Several people are dead after a shooting near a school in Sweden today.

Locals were starting to celebrate a major Spring festival when gunshots rang out near Uppsala’s Vaksala Square around 5pm local time.

Then a man was seen fleeing on an electric scooter along Hjalmar Brantingsgatan, a road that leads to it.

Described as the ‘Cambridge of Sweden’ for its large student population, Uppsala is home to around 175,000 people.

It’s a 35-minute train ride from the capital Stockholm, although rail services have been suspended while police hunt for the shooter.

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Helicopters are in the air and Hjalmar Brantingsgatan has been blockaded by police. Ambulances line the street.