Swedish police found three rifles in the adult education centre in Orebro where a gunman killed 11 people and wounded several others this week in the country's deadliest mass shooting, a spokesperson said on Thursday.

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.

Swedish police said on Wednesday that "erroneous narratives" were being spread on social media regarding the mass shooting on Tuesday at an adult education centre, the Nordic country's deadliest gun attack.

At least five people were shot on Tuesday at an adult education facility in Orebro, Sweden, police said. "The extent of the injuries is unclear," police said. "The operation is still ongoing." Police said the shooter may be among the injured being treated at the hospital,

By Johan Ahlander and Anna Ringstrom OREBRO, Sweden (Reuters) -Swedish police said on Wednesday there was no evidence of "ideological motives" behind a mass shooting at an adult education centre, and warned of misinformation spread on social media about the Nordic country's deadliest gun attack.

Around 10 people were killed in a school shooting in Sweden on Tuesday, Swedish police said. (Reporting by Anna Ringstrom, Louise Rasmussen, Stine Jacobsen, Johan Ahlander, Simon Johnson and Niklas Pollard,