Austria: Several killed in Graz school shooting
Multiple people have been killed in an attack on a school in the southern Austrian city of Graz, according to authorities.
Police said that there had been "several deaths" after an operation was launched after reports of gunshots in Dreierschützengasse street. The operation began at 10 a.m. local time (0800 UTC).
Police said in a later statement that the school had been succesfully evacuated.
"The situation is secure," police said. "No further danger is expected."
What else do we know about the Graz shooting?
The ORF public broadcaster cited police as saying that several people had been killed or severely injured in the attack, among them both students and teachers.
Graz mayor Elke Kahr said that the shooter was among the dead. ORF earlier reported that the gunman was thought to be a student at the school.
The Interior Ministry later confirmed that there had been multiple fatalities, ORF said.
The Kronen Zeitung daily reported that at least eight people were killed in the attack. It said that the number of injured was in the "double digits."
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