Ten people died on Tuesday after a suspected shooter opened fire in a school in the southeastern Austrian city of Graz, the local mayor was quoted as saying.
Several students and at least one adult, as well as the suspected shooter, were among the dead, mayor Elke Kahr confirmed to Austrian press agency APA.
School shootings are much more rare in Europe than in the United States but in recent years Europe has been shaken by attacks at schools and universities that were not connected to terrorism.
Six females and three males were killed in the attack, according to Interior Minister Gerhard Karner. Police said the 21-year-old gunman took his own life in a school bathroom shortly after.
A further 28 people are being treated for their injuries in hospital, according to local media reports.
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The gunman was an Austrian man and former Dreierschützengasse student who didn't graduate from the school
ReplyDeleteEU top diplomat Kaja Kallas declared herself “deeply shocked” Tuesday by reports of the shooting.
ReplyDeleteAustrian President Alexander Van der Bellen called the incident "an indescribable horror." European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni expressed their condolences over the tragedy.
ReplyDeleteThe 21-year-old sole suspect in the school shooting in Graz was a pupil at the school but did not graduate, Interior Minister Gerhard Karner said in a news conference.
ReplyDeleteAustrian Chancellor Christian Stocker has said the country will hold three days of mourning.
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