School shooter left his mom a goodbye note telling of his plans to kill
The gunman who killed 10 people in a school shooting rampage in Austria had left his mother a goodbye note and video, police have revealed.
In the video he told his mother of his plans to carry out the gun attack at his former school, but unfortunately, she didn't see it in time to warn the authorities.
In the video, he says goodbye to his parents, but a police spokesperson said 'no motive can be inferred from the farewell letter, and that is a matter for further investigations.' Police officers near the scene of the school shooting in Graz, Austria. Pic: ERWIN SCHERIAU/EPA-EFE/REX/Shutterstock
Alarmed by his confusing message, his mother immediately notified police, Austrian news outlet Heute reports, but despite her efforts to stop a tragedy from happening, it was too late, as she opened the video message 24 minutes after receiving it, and by then, her son had already stormed into two classrooms.
Chilling video captured the sound of shots followed by screams as the gunman fired a volley of shots from two legally held firearms.
Six female and three male victims died at the scene. The tenth victim, a woman, succumbed to her injuries in hospital last night. The scene of the school shooting in Graz, Austria. Pic: Erwin Scheriau/APA-PictureDesk/REX/Shutterstock
Pupils and teachers are said to be among the dead.
The former pupil of the BORG Dreierschützengasse high school in the city of Graz, only ended his deadly rampage when he turned the gun on himself in a toilet cubicle
The horrific incident has been described as Austria's worst ever mass school shooting and three days of mourning have been declared in the country.
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