Students and adults are among 10 people who have died in a school shooting in Austria.
A further 12 people were reportedly injured in the attack at a secondary school in Graz, Austria’s second-biggest city.
Mayor Elke Kahr described it as a “terrible tragedy”, the Austria Press Agency (APA) reported.
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Here is what we know so far.
What happened?
The shooting took place on 10 June at BORG Dreierschutzengasse, a secondary school in the northwest of Graz, close to the main central train station, Austrian police said.
Interior minister Gerhard Karner said nine people were killed, six females and three males. The gunman was the tenth person who died.
Twelve more people were injured, Mr Karner added.
Special forces were sent to the school at 10am local time after reports of shots being heard.
By 11.30am, police said the school had been evacuated and everyone had been taken to a safe meeting point.
Gunfire and screaming could be heard in footage posted on X purporting to be from the scene.
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Police operation under way at Austria shooting
An injured person being carried to a helicopter by paramedics was also caught on video, while pictures showed armed officers at the scene.
At least 158 paramedics were on site responding to the shooting, and 31 crisis intervention staff.
The Austrian Red Cross told Sky News it had initiated its so-called ‘MANV system’, a protocol for dealing with a mass casualty incident.
Injured students were being cared for in the nearby Helmut List Halle events venue.
Police have confirmed the gunman is among those who have died
‘My son called me to say he was going to die’
The mother of a child who survived the shooting retold the distressing moment she received a phone call from her son.
She said she found out hours after the incident that he was alive.
“My son called me to say he was in school and that he was being shot and that he thought he was going to die,” she said.
“I’ve only found out now, two hours later, that he’s still alive.”
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‘My son called me to say he thought he was going to die’
What we know about the suspect
Austrian police confirmed the perpetrator is dead, but have not yet revealed his identity.
In an update, Styrian State Police director Gerald Ortner said he was 21 years old and lived in Graz.
Officers believe he killed himself in the school’s toilet.
Mr Ortner said police did not have any prior information about the suspect, but said that he owned two guns, that he used in the shooting.
Interior minister Mr Karner added that the gunman was a former pupil of BORG Dreierschutzengasse who didn’t finish school.
He said anything other details about the suspect was “still speculation”.
A ‘national tragedy’
Austrian Chancellor Christian Stocker called the shooting a “national tragedy”.
In a later news conference, he said it is a “dark day in the history of our country”.
“There are no words to express the pain, the mourning, that all Austria is feeling right now,” he added.
Chancellor Christian Stocker said it is a ‘dark day’ for Austria. Pic: Reuters
He sent his condolences to those who were injured and the relatives, friends and staff who had to “live through this terrible, horrible event”.
He announced there will be three days of mourning and Austrian ministers are expected to pass a resolution for a national mourning today.
The Austrian flag will also be flown at half-mast and a minute of silence will be held on Wednesday.
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Austrian President Alexander Van der Bellen added: “This horror cannot be put into words.”
He said what happened in Graz “strikes at the heart of our country”.
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