Police have confirmed that 11 people have now died following a mass shooting at an adult education school in Sweden and the number of injured is currently unclear.

About 10 people including the gunman have been killed at an adult education center in what Sweden’s prime minister called the country’s “worst mass shooting.”

The king and queen visited the scene of the tragic event that occurred on Tuesday and Swedish flags were flown at half-mast to honor the victims.

As the pope invoked upon the Swedish people "Almighty God's gifts of unity and peace," Swedish Cardinal Anders Arborelius of Stockholm lamented the rise of violence in Sweden after 11 people, including a gunman, were killed in the deadliest mass shooting in the country's history Feb. 4.

Sweden’s worst mass shooting has left at least 11 people dead including the gunman and five seriously wounded at an adult education center

Police remained on the scene of an adult education center in Orebro, Sweden, where a deadly shooting left around 10 people dead on Tuesday, Feb. 4.

By Johan Ahlander and Anna Ringstrom OREBRO, Sweden (Reuters) -Survivors of Sweden's worst mass shooting on Wednesday recalled trying to save the lives of their comrades at a school for adults in Orebro,

One day after the killings at an adult educational center, some gathered to lay flowers and come to grips with the violence.