Saudi king, crown prince condemn shooting that killed 10 students in Austrian school
RIYADH: Saudi Arabia's King Salman and Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman on Thursday offered condolences to Austria over a shooting attack that killed 10 and injured 11 at a secondary school, according to the Saudi Press Agency, or SPA.
In a message to Austrian President Alexander van Deir Beilin, King Salman condemned the attack as a "disgraceful criminal act" and expressed "deepest condolences and sincere sympathy" to the people of Austria and relatives of those killed, and wishes for "a speedy recovery" for those injured.
Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, who is also prime minister of the Kingdom, sent a similar message to the Austrian leader.
Austrian police said the shooter, armed with a shotgun and a pistol, attacked the Dreierschuetzengasse secondary school in Graz region on June 10 over still unknown reasons.
The shooter was a 21-year-old former pupil at the school in Graz region, but never finished his studies there, local media quoted a preliminary police probe as saying.
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