Eight Killed In Austrian School Shooting, Student Assailant Kills Himself
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Police launched a massive operation and special forces were deployed.
At least eight people were killed and several injured after a student allegedly opened fire at a school in Austria, as per local media reports. The shooter also shot himself dead.
Following the shooting incident, the police launched a massive operation at the secondary school in Austria's second-biggest city Graz. Police spokesperson Sabri Yorgun said special forces were deployed at the school, The Sun reported.
Authorities have started the probe but they believe that multiple guns were used in the shooting.
'Currently, a police operation is underway… The reason for the deployment was that gunshots were heard in the building," the police said on X, confirming the attack in Graz
According to Austrian public broadcaster ORF, citing police, a student was behind the shooting, which led to the school's evacuation.
Several serious injuries included students and teachers, according to police spokesman Fritz Grundnig quoted by the media.
Attacks in public are rare in the Alpine nation of almost 9.2 million people.
In February, a stabbing left a teenager dead and five other people injured in southern Austria, with a 23-year-old Syrian asylum seeker held.
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