Graz faculty capturing newest: Multiple individuals killed after gunman opens hearth at Austrian school | EUROtoday

Austria’s international affairs minister Beate Meinl-Reisinger stated she was deeply shaken by the capturing.

“The reports of the rampage in Graz deeply shake me. It is incomprehensible and unbearable,” she wrote on X.

“My sympathy and sorrow are with the victims and their families. No one can imagine the suffering; as a mother of three children, it tears my heart apart.”

Styrian governor Mario Kunasek has expressed his horror after the capturing within the state’s capital of Graz.

“It’s unbelievable what happened in Graz today. As the governor of Styria and as a father, I am deeply affected by this madness that has brought so much misfortune and unbelievable suffering. My thoughts are with the innocent victims, families and teachers,” he stated in a translated submit on Instagram.

Local media now experiences the demise toll has risen to 10.

Earlier, Kronen Zeitung reported that 4 individuals had been in a particularly essential situation, together with some with gunshot wounds to the top.

The faculty capturing comes almost 10 years to the day of Graz’s final mass assault.

At one level in that assault, the perpetrator jumped out of the automobile and stabbed two individuals earlier than driving to a police station the place he was arrested.

Alen Rizvanoic was sentenced to dwell in jail over the assault in 2016. He died by suicide in 2023.

Austrian media is reporting the lone shooter was a 22-year-old former scholar of the Graz faculty that was attacked this morning.

Salzburger information reported that preliminary data instructed the gunman had a pistol and a shotgun, allegedly each legally owned.

Those experiences are unconfirmed by police at this stage.

Vienna’s mayor, Michael Ludwig, stated he was “deeply shocked” to be taught of the capturing.

“My deepest condolences go to the victims, their families, and all those who are now experiencing immeasurable suffering,” He stated in a translated submit on X.

“It is precisely in such moments that we as a society must stand together. Hate and violence must never gain the upper hand. Our response to this must be an even stronger commitment to unity and respect.”

Twenty-eight individuals have been rushed to hospital following the capturing, and a number of other are in a essential situation following the capturing.

Kronen Zeitung experiences that a few of the victims have suffered gunshot wounds to the top.

According to that newspaper, there have been 158 paramedics on website and 31 disaster intervention employees.

Styrian state police stated they believed just one perpetrator was concerned within the capturing.

“Currently, it is assumed that there is one perpetrator. Situation secured – no danger,” the police stated on X.

The Styrian police stated college students and their mother and father had been being supported by the disaster intervention workforce.

Seven college students and one grownup are among the many useless following this morning’s faculty capturing.

Graz mayor Elke Kahr confirmed these particulars with the Austria Press Agency.

The mayor confirmed to Kronen Zeitung that the shooter was among the many useless.

Local media experiences the demise toll has now risen to 9 following the college capturing in Graz.

Kronen Zeitung stated the native hospital has additionally been overwhelmed with the injured.