OREBRO, Sweden - Survivors of Sweden’s worst mass shooting on Feb 5 recalled trying to save the lives of their comrades at a school for adults in Orebro, a day after a gunman killed 11 people on what the prime minister called a “dark day” in the country’s history.

The gunman was among the 11 people killed in the worst shooting in the history of Sweden at an adult education centre west of Stockholm. On Tuesday, police received reports of a shooting in Orebro, a city 200km (124 miles) west of Stockholm, at 12.33pm local time and engaged in an exchange of bullets with the suspect.

Sweden's worst mass shooting left at least 11 people dead, including the gunman, and at least five seriously wounded at an adult education center west of Stockholm.