Closing summary
… and on that note, it’s a wrap from me, Jakub Krupa.
Here are the three things to take away from today’s Europe Live blog:
Sweden is reeling off the deadliest mass shooting in its history, with eleven people dead after an attack at an adult education centre on Tuesday. Six people remain in hospital. Police said their investigation is progressing, but did not offer details about the shooter or his motivation. The country’s King and Queen visited Örebro to pay their tributes (14:17 and 14:51), alongside the prime minister (12:43 and 16:37) and senior ministers, and attended a moving memorial service commemorating the victims and all affected (15:21). Investigators hope that the process of identifying the victims will be completed within 48 hours (16:17).
Belgian police responded to a shooting in Anderlecht, Brussels, with two armed suspects fleeing into the Clemenceau metro station and causing widespread disruption of the city’s network grid. The investigation is on-going, but the public prosecutor’s office confirmed to the Guardian no one was injured (14:01).
François Bayrou, the French prime minister, is almost certain to survive a vote of no confidence later on Wednesday after the move that threatened to topple the government – for the second time in two months – lost the support of socialists and the far right.
And that’s all from me, Jakub Krupa, for today.
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Updated
Swedish public broadcaster SVT has a story on a man who was incorrectly identified online as the Örebro attacker.
The man, who lives some 170 km away from Örebro, was alerted to revelations swirling online by a friend, and ultimately felt he had to post online that he had nothing to do with the incident.
His story comes just hours after police (10:30), local authorities, and senior government officials (16:16) repeatedly warned against disinformation and speculating about the identity of the attacker or his motivations online.
