A quiet morning in Austria’s second-largest city was shattered Tuesday when a suspected shooter opened fire at BORG Dreierschützengasse school, leaving 10 dead, including students, an adult, and the gunman, according to Mayor Elke Kahr.
The attack, which unfolded shortly after 10 a.m., prompted a swift response from police, who deployed special forces and a helicopter to the scene in Graz, a city of 300,000 in southeastern Austria.
“Gunshots were heard in the building,” police posted on X, confirming an ongoing operation.
An hour later, authorities were still securing the area, with the Interior Ministry acknowledging multiple fatalities but withholding further details.
The motive remains unclear, and police sources told Austria’s APA news agency that the situation was “very unclear.”
