Eight people killed in school shooting in Austria, authorities confirm
Baku, June 10, AZERTAC
At least eight people were killed in a school shooting in the Austrian city of Graz on Tuesday, Euronews reports citing the city's mayor.
Graz Mayor Elke Kahr described the events as a “terrible tragedy,” the Austria Press Agency reported. It added that the fatalities were seven students and one adult. Kahr said that many people were taken to hospitals with injuries.
The perpetrator also died.
The Austrian interior ministry previously confirmed there were several casualties, but has not revealed any further details. State broadcaster ORF reported that students and teachers were among those injured.
The suspected perpetrator, considered to be a student at this stage, killed himself when approached by armed police officers, reports claim.
A police operation was under way at the BORG high school on Dreierschuetzengasse street on Tuesday morning.
Graz Police spokesperson Sabri Yorgun said special Cobra units were among those sent to the high school after a call was received at 10 am, and that authorities were working to gain an overview of what had happened.
Other emergency services and a helicopter were dispatched to the scene.
At 11:30 am, police wrote on social network X that the school had been evacuated and everyone had been taken to a safe meeting point.
They wrote that the situation was “secured” and it was no longer believed to be any danger.
Graz is a city of some 300,000 and is the capital of the southern Austrian province of Styria.
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