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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Rachel Clun

Austria school shooting: What we know about the victims and shooter

  • A lone gunman killed 10 people, including students and one adult, and injured 12 at a school in Graz, Austria, marking one of the country’s worst mass shootings.
  • The shooting occurred at the BORG Dreierschutzengasse secondary school around 10 a.m., prompting a large-scale emergency response.
  • The shooter was identified as a 21-year-old former student of the school who legally owned the two firearms used in the attack and is believed to have taken his own life in the school's toilet.
  • Authorities have launched an investigation to determine the shooter’s motives, with Interior Minister Gerhard Karner earlier confirming that six of the deceased were female and three were male, in addition to the shooter.
  • Austria has declared a three-day period of national mourning, with no public events to be held in the state of Styria, as leaders express grief and shock over the tragedy.

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Austria school shooting: Everything we know so far about attack which killed nine and injured 12

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