Sweden is set to tighten its gun laws, including a ban on certain semiautomatic weapons, after a mass shooting that left 11 people dead.

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.

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.

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.

Sweden's worst ever mass shooting this week has raised questions about the country's gun laws and widespread gun ownership.

Police confirm seven women and three men - aged between 28 and 68 - were killed in the country's worst mass shooting.