Austria school attack death toll rises to 10 as injured woman dies in hospital after Graz shooting
Graz, Austria | AFP | Tuesday 6/11/2025 - 00:58 UTC+8 | 86 words
A woman has died from her injuries in hospital, bringing to 10 the number of victims of an attack on Tuesday at a high school in southeastern Austria by a former student, according to a hospital official.
Earlier on Tuesday, authorities reported nine dead and 12 injured, some seriously, with the alleged perpetrator of the attack in Graz having taken his own life.
'A woman has died from her injuries in a hospital,' a spokeswoman for the regional hospitals and care centres told AFP. — AFP
GRAZ, June 11 — A woman has died from her injuries in hospital, bringing to 10 the number of victims of an attack yesterday at a high school in southeastern Austria by a former student, according to a hospital official.
A woman pays her respects at a makeshift memorial site after several people died in a school shooting, on June 10, 2025 in Graz, southeastern Austria. Austrian Chancellor Christian Stocker on Tuesday declared three days of national mourning after a school shooting in the southeastern city of Graz reportedly by a former student left nine people dead and several seriously injured. — AFP pic
Earlier on Tuesday, authorities reported nine dead and 12 injured, some seriously, with the alleged perpetrator of the attack in Graz having taken his own life.
'A woman has died from her injuries in a hospital,' a spokeswoman for the regional hospitals and care centres told AFP. — AFP
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