Government offices, schools and workplaces fell silent in Sweden at midday on Tuesday in remembrance of the victims of a mass shooting at an adult education centre last week when a gunman killed 10 people before turning his weapon on himself.

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.

Swedish news outlets identified the shooter as Rickard Andersson, a 35-year-old from Orebro, the city where the shooting occurred, although the police have not publicly confirmed that.

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

Sweden is reeling from the country's deadliest mass shooting this week as investigators continue to look into the gunman'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.

Storyline: Residents have been mourning for the victims of a mass shooting that took place at noon on Tuesday at Risbergska Skolan, an education center mainly for adults in Orebro in central Sweden. Investigators in Sweden are looking into whether the devastating incident was a targeted attack,

Witnesses who survived Sweden’s worst mass shooting have described horror and panic that gripped an adult education center west of Stockholm as the gunman killed at least 10 people.

Eleven people — including the perpetrator — were killed in what Sweden's PM described as the worst mass shooting in the country's history. View on euronews