What we know so far about school shooting in Austria
At least 10 people have been killed after a shooting at a secondary school in Graz, one of Austria's largest cities.
Tuesday 10 June 2025 21:05, UK
Students and adults are among 10 victims who have died in a school shooting in Austria.
The country's interior minister Gerhard Karner said earlier that a further 12 people were injured in the shooting at the secondary school in Graz, Austria's second-biggest city.
However Mr Karner gave the figure before it was confirmed that a person in hospital with life-threatening injuries had become the 10th person to die. It is not clear if this reduces the number of those injured to 11.
Mayor Elke Kahr has described the attack 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.
Officials said 10 victims were killed, with six of them females and three of them males. Local media has reported that the 10th victim, who was confirmed dead on Monday evening, was also female.
The gunman also died - bringing the total number of fatalities to 11.
French education minister Elisabeth Borne has confirmed that one of those who died in the school shooting was a "young fellow citizen" of France. She did not gave any further details about the victim.
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.
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.
'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."
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 any 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.
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".