Ten dead, at least 28 injured in Austrian school shooting
VIENNA – Ten people were killed and 'several' others were seriously injured in a shooting at a secondary school in the Austrian city of Graz, police said on Tuesday, according to German news agency (dpa).
The suspected assailant was among the dead, the police posted on X.
Authorities said earlier that they believed the Tuesday morning attack was carried out by a lone perpetrator.
Chancellor Christian Stocker, along with other top officials, was on his way to the scene in Austria's second-largest city.
Condolences and messages of support for the victims and first responders were pouring in.
'This horror cannot be put into words,' President Alexander Van der Bellen wrote on X. 'Austria is in mourning.'
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen wrote in German on X: 'The news from Graz hits home. My thoughts are with the victims, their families, and friends. Schools are symbols of youth, hope, and the future. It is difficult to bear when schools become places of death and violence.'
Meanwhile, Sputnik/RIA Novosti reported citing Kronen Zeitung newspaper that at least 28 people were hospitalised after a school shooting in Graz, Austria, and that at least four people were in critical condition.
The suspect is a 22-year-old former student of the school who considered himself a victim of bullying, the Kronen Zeitung newspaper reported. His body was found in one of the toilets, the paper specified, adding that he probably committed suicide.
Meanwhile, the Austrian government canceled all the events scheduled for Tuesday, including one commemorating 100 days in power of the new Austrian government headed by Chancellor Christian Stocker and a press conference related to the event, the Kurier newspaper reported. — BERNAMA-AGENCIES
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