Austria school shooting live updates: Multiple people killed and dozens injured after ‘bullied’ gunman opens fire in two classrooms

If you’re just joining us we have been reporting live updates on a school shooting in Austria where 10 people are reported to have been killed and dozens injured, some seriously.

Police were called to a school in Dreierschuetzengasse in the city of Graz shortly before 10am local time this morning.

Here’s what we know so far:

At least 10 people have been killed and several more injured at an Austrian school, in one of the worst mass shootings in the country’s historySpecial forces police descended on the school in Dreierschuetzengasse in the city of Graz shortly before 10am local time this morning after reports of gunshotsThe suspected perpetrator, a student who has been described by local media as a victim of bullying, is believed to have killed himself after opening fire on two classroomsPolice have given a news conference in Graz, confirming that several people have been killed and others wounded, including pupils and teachers, in the high school attackThey declined to give a number of casualties, but Austrian have reported on at least nine killed and the figure has since risen to 10.Local Mayor Elke Kahr told APA news agency that the suspected gunman is among those deadCops also confirmed that the gunman was a student at the school and that the vicinity has now been secured and there is no further dangerPolice, who evacuated the building this morning, deployed their specialist Cobra tactical unit, which handles attacks and hostage situations

Interior minister Gerhard Karner has confirmed the suspected gunman was a former pupil who didn’t finish his studies at the school.

He added any other information about the 21-year-old is speculation and that it was the responsibility of state officials to gather background information on him.

Police have said the suspected gunman is a 21-year-old man from Graz.

Officers have confirmed two weapons, believed to be a shotgun and a weapon, were used during the shooting before the suspect killed himself in a toilet.

They add the suspect was ‘allowed’ to possess the weapons and that further investigations would be required to ascertain why he owned the guns.

Around 300 police officers were deployed in response to the shooting

Mario Kunasek, the Governor of Styria, speaks at the press conference next and starts by expressing his condolences.

Styria is mourning today, the green heart is crying. This is an unimaginable tragedy that happened this morning. The lives of many, not just the victims, have changed drastically today.

Mr Kunasek said he is moved not just as a governor but as a father

Interior minister Gerhard Karner adds that six women and three men have been confirmed dead.

The 10th fatality is the gunman who acted alone. Twelve people remain seriously injured.

Austria’s Federal Chancellor Christian Stocker has described the Graz school shooting as a ‘dark day’ in the history of Austria.

He said the killings are a ‘national tragedy’ which has ‘hit us deeply’.

There are no words to express the pain, the mourning, that all Austria is feeling right now.

He said today was about ‘compassion and cohesion’ as he insisted schools will act as ‘spaces of peace’.

He also confirms Austria will hold three days of national mourning.

Police are expected to hold a press conference at 3:15pm local time (2:15pm BST) to provide an update on the school shooting investigation.

Austria’s Chancellor Christian Stocker is also set to speak after travelling to Graz earlier today.

Austria is apparently planning to hold three days of national mourning in response to the Graz school shooting.

It means any celebrations planned will either be cancelled or postponed while flags will be flown at half-mast as a mark of respect.

The last time national mourning was declared in Austria was in response to the 2020 terrorist attack in Vienna when four people were shot dead by a lone gunman who pledged his allegiance to ISIS.

While information about the school shooting is continuing to emerge this afternoon, there remains some key details we have yet to receive.

The identity of the gunman

Austrian media have reported the perpetrator is a 22-year-old former pupil at the school who was apparently bullied. The man was said to have taken his own life in a toilet following the rampage

Although local media have reported the gunman is believed to have had an unhappy period at the school, the precise motive for the attack remains unknown. It is reported he used two weapons; a pistol and a shotgun which were legally acquired.

Most of the victims are believed to be pupils while at least one adult is understood to be among the dead. However, identities and ages of the deceased have so far not been released.

This is the moment police shielded children caught up in the Graz school shooting as they were driven away from the scene of the attack.

After police declared the situation under control, the first wave of students were transported away from the school on local buses.

The pictures show officers standing in a line to guard the children as they were removed from the scene.

Two memorial services for school shooting victims will be held in Graz tonight.

The first will take place at 6:30pm local time at St. Vincent’s Church in Eggenberg, around 1.5km from the school in Dreierschuetzengasse.

A second vigil will then take place in Graz Cathedral.

Hospital staff across Graz are reportedly receiving psychological care after treating victims of the mass school shooting, it has emerged.

Austrian newspaper Kronen Zeitung has obtained details of an interim report by the Styrian Hospital Association which stated seven people, five children and two adults, being treated at LKH University Hospital in Graz.

The report found Psychological support is being provided not only to relatives but also to hospital staff.

It added capacity was ‘sufficient’ amid earlier reports hospital wards had become overstretched following the shooting.

Police have released another update to inform parents and relatives that children can now be picked up from the ASKO stadium in Graz.

The venue, home of the Graz Giants American football team, acted as a meeting point while police investigated the shooting.

Austrian police have now confirmed 10 people, including the gunman, have been killed in the Graz school shooting.

Authorities also added some victims remain seriously injured.

Police have set up a portal so people can report any suspicious observations, photographs, or videos of the attack with tips or other observations welcomed at any stations.

Graz is the second largest city in Austria with a and is located in the southeast of the country.

The crime occurred shortly before the tenth anniversary of the Graz rampage on June 20, 2015, which left three people dead and which many Graz residents still remember today.

Back in 2015, a 26-year-old naturalised Austrian citizen Alen Rizvanović drove a SUV at high speeds through Graz killing three people and injuring more than 40 others. He also stabbed two passers-by during the attack.

Rizvanović was handed a life sentence for the attack and later killed himself in prison.

Attacks in public are rare in the Alpine nation of almost 9.2 million people. It ranks among the ten safest countries in the world, according to the Global Peace Index.

Austria’s federal president Alexander Van der Bellen has also released a statement in response to the tragedy.

This horror cannot be put into words. What happened today in a school in Graz, hits our country right in the heart. They were young people who had their whole lives ahead of them.

There is nothing that can ease the pain at this moment can, which the parents, the grandparents, the siblings, the friends of the murdered feel.

Austria is mourning. And in this hour we stand together. We stand together to face the pain. We stand together for all those to be there for those who are hurt.

Today and in the difficult days to come, our country will show that in this togetherness, our strength lies.

A mother has told Sky News of the distressing moment her son called her to tell her he thought he was going to die when he was being shot at in school.

The woman told the broadcaster she received a phone call from her child and only found out he had survived the shooting two hours later.

Watch the interview below:

Austrian Chancellor Christian Stocker (pictured) has released his first statement following the mass school shooting in Graz.

In a post released on X, he said:

The school shooting in Graz is a national tragedy that has deeply shaken our entire country. This incomprehensible act has suddenly torn young people from the lives they still had ahead of them. There are no words for the pain and grief that we all – all of Austria – are feeling right now.

My thoughts are with the families and parents who lost their children, their siblings, and their loved ones. My condolences go out to those who suffered injuries and immeasurable emotional distress as a result of this unimaginable act of violence, to all the students and school staff.

What happened today affects us all—as individuals, as parents, as a society. A school is a place of trust, security, and hope. The fact that this safe space was so brutally shattered leaves us stunned.

I thank the emergency services who acted quickly and prudently under the most difficult circumstances. And I thank those who are now investigating what happened and helping to process it. Today, it’s all about compassion. And about being there for one another. In these difficult times, humanity is our strongest force.

Chancellor Stocker is on his way to Graz and is expected to speak at a press conference at 3pm local time.

Footage appearing to show pupils being evacuated from the school following the shooting is circulating on social media.

Video posted by Austrian television channel AUF1 shows terrified children holding hands with one another as they flee the school as armed police check the corridors and classrooms.

The number of people killed in the Graz school shooting has risen to 10, the APA news agency is reporting.

The revised figure is said to have been confirmed my local Mayor Elke Kahr.

The Styrian Police Department is yet to verify the total number of fatalities and some victims remain in a critical condition.

Austrian media are reporting the gunman who carried out the mass shooting is believed to be a former pupil at the school and considered himself a victim of bullying.

He is reported to be 22-years-old.

Austrian newspaper Salzburger Nachrichten is reporting the suspected perpetrator was said to have carried two weapons: a pistol and a shotgun which owned legally.

Austrian Chancellor Christian Stocker has cancelled events to celebrate 100 days of his government as politicians respond to the mass shooting in Graz.

According to Die Presse, Mr Stocker, Vice Chancellor Andreas Babler, and foreign minister Beate Meinl-Reisinger (Neos) were due to celebrate the anniversary today.

Austria’s interior minister Gerhard Karner and education minister Christoph Wiederkehr are reported to be on their way to Graz.

Kronen Zeitung is reporting Chancellor Stocker is on his way to Graz with a press conference is scheduled for this afternoon.

Austrian police are working on the assumption that there is a sole suspect in a deadly school shooting in the city of Graz, they said on X this morning.

Multiple Austrian media outlets are reporting at least nine people have been killed following the shooting at a school in Graz.

Among the dead are believed to be seven pupils and one adult.

The shooter is also dead.

Hospitals in Graz have reportedly been overloaded following an influx of victims from the shooting at BORG Dreierschützengasse.

It is being reported that as many as 30 teachers and pupils have been injured in the rampage which took place at around 10am.

The shooter is said to have opened fire in two classrooms before killing themselves in a toilet.

Here are some pictures we can now show you from Graz as police secure a school where a shooting rampage was carried out this morning.

Austrians are reacting to what has been described as the worst school shooting in the nation’s history.

Student Mark Nolden, 22, told Kronen Zeitung the horrific scenes were like something out of a film

I live across the street in the housing estate, and I know some children who attend this school. This is a huge shock for me. I hope everyone is okay. It’s a situation like something out of a movie, especially the uncertainty.

Graz Mayor Elke Kahr has also confirmed the gunman is among the dead as she visited the scene.

The Styrian Police Department has confirmed several people have been killed following the shooting.

Authorities are yet to declare the exact number of fatalities.

Police also confirmed the situation at BORG Dreierschützengasse is ‘secure’ and no further danger is expected.

All the pupils evacuated from the school following the shooting have been taken to a meeting point where they will be reunited with their parents.

According to Austrain television channel AUF1, the number of people killed in the school shooting at BORG Dreierschützengasse has risen to 11.

Police have yet to confirm any fatalities and are expected to hold a press conference shortly.

AUF1 is also reporting the shooter was believed to have been a bullied pupil but officials are yet to verify this.

A teenage girl has told Austrian media how she ‘heard the shots’ before she managed to escape the school.

The 16-year-old, who was said to be in shock and in tears, told AUF1 that several people had been injured and were being taken to nearby hospitals.

We can now show you a picture of an armed police officer who appears to be speaking to pupils following the school shooting.

Police have carried out a large operation at the school, at BORG Dreierschützengasse, in Graz following reports of a mass shooting earlier this morning.

Police in Austria have confirmed a large-scale operation is underway in Graz following the shooting but have yet to confirm the number of victims.

The Styrian Police Department has confirmed the incident took place at BORG Dreierschützengasse.

Several police cars and elite Cobra units have been deployed to the scene while a police helicopter is hovering overhead.

Police added a meeting point has been set up for parents at the nearby ASKÖ Stadium, home of the Graz Giants American football team

Austrian newspaper Kronen Zeitung is reporting that eight people have been killed and the number of seriously injured is in double digits after the gunman opened fire in two classrooms.

The shooter was apparently found dead in one of the toilets.

The newspaper said it had spoken to a husband of teacher who barricaded herself inside the classroom with pupils. Some pupils who managed to escape the shooting have been reunited with their parents.

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Austrian police confirmed that a major operation was underway in the city of Graz on Tuesday morning.

The operation began at 10am after gunshots were heard inside the school, police said.

According to Austrian media, at least five people, including the gunman, have been killed.

Stick with us as we bring you the latest updates on this developing story.