The Austrian school shooter who massacred 10 students at his former school on Tuesday has been pictured publicly for the first time since the horrific attack.

Artur A., a 21-year-old from a suburb of Graz, was pictured holding a cat in the first images to emerge since the horrifying attack.

He shot ten people, seriously injuring eleven before taking his own life at his former school in the city of Graz on Tuesday.

Police have said that he used two weapons, a shotgun and a pistol, which he owned legally.

It has since emerged that Artur, a 'bullied' drop-out, had sent his mother a farewell video just moments before he opened fire, pleading for forgiveness for 'what I'm about to do now'.