A gunman who killed 11 people, including himself, at an adult education centre in central Sweden may have had links to the school, police said on Thursday, as they described chaotic scenes after the country's deadliest mass shooting as being like an "inferno".

Swedish police say about 10 people have been killed in a shooting at a school for adults in the city of Orebro, including the suspected gunman.

OREBRO, Sweden (AP) — Sweden is reeling days after the country’s deadliest mass shooting left at least 11 people dead, including the gunman, as investigators Thursday continued to look into the shooter's motive.

Sweden's right-wing government said on Friday it would seek to tighten gun laws in the wake of the country's deadliest mass shooting at an adult education centre where the attacker appeared to have used several of his own licensed rifles.

The shooter targeted a center that serves migrants seeking to integrate into a country that had already reversed its liberal migration policies.

Sweden's federal government is moving to enact stricter gun laws after a mass shooting that left 10 people dead, including the suspected gunman.

Sweden's right-wing government said on Friday it would seek to tighten gun laws in the wake of the country's deadliest mass shooting at an adult education centre where the attacker appeared to have used several of his own licensed rifles.

The shooter who killed 10 people in Sweden’s worst mass shooting earlier this week was connected to the adult education center where he opened fire with at least one rifle-like weapon, law enforcement officials said Thursday.