Updated: 11/06/2025 - 15:29 GMT+2
Hundreds gathered successful Graz’s main quadrate connected Tuesday evening for a candlelit vigil, mourning nan 10 victims of a schoolhouse shooting that shook Austria’s second-largest city.
A 21-year-old erstwhile student opened occurrence astatine BORG Dreierschützengasse connected Tuesday, sidesplitting 10 and injuring respective others earlier taking his ain life. Police said nan attacker, who lived adjacent Graz and had nary erstwhile criminal record, utilized 2 legally owned firearms.
Special forces responded wrong minutes, evacuating nan building and restoring information successful conscionable 17 minutes.
Footage showed students fleeing past equipped officers. The school, located a kilometre from Graz’s centre, remains closed.