Former pupil kills 9, then himself in shooting at Austrian school
The shooting has shocked the country, sparking national mourning and investigations into motives
A former pupil killed nine people and then himself at a secondary school in the southern Austrian city of Graz on Tuesday, in the worst school shooting in the country’s modern history.
Interior Minister Gerhard Karner said six of the victims were male and three were female, and that 12 people were also injured. He gave no further details to identify the victims, but Austrian media said most were pupils.
The motive for an attack that shocked the nation was not yet known.
But investigators have found a farewell letter at the house of the former pupil, the Kronen newspaper reported.
Police said they assumed the 21-year-old Austrian shooter, who was found dead in a bathroom, was operating alone when he entered the school with two guns and opened fire.
“The rampage at a school in Graz is a national tragedy that has deeply shaken our entire country,” Austrian Chancellor Christian Stocker said, calling it a “dark day in the history of our country”.