Here’s where things stand on Tuesday 10 June 2025:

• Several people have been killed in a school shooting in Graz, Austria’s second largest city; teachers and students are among the wounded.
• Austria’s Interior Ministry says there are several fatalities but has not specified how many.
• According to local media reports, at least nine people have been killed and the suspect is dead.
• Chancellor Christian Stocker said the rampage was a “national tragedy” that shook Austria, where mass shootings are rare. “There are no words for the pain and grief that we all – all of Austria – are feeling right now,” he added.

‘This horror cannot be captured in words’: Austrian president

Alexander Van der Bellen has commented on the incident, saying that “this horror cannot be captured in words.”

“These were young people who had their whole lives ahead of them. A teacher who accompanied them on their way,” he noted.

Interior Minister Gerhard Karner was said to be on his way to Graz.

Whole country feels ‘pain and grief’: Austrian chancellor

Christian Stocker said the shooting “is a national tragedy that deeply shocks our whole country”.

“There are no words for the pain and grief that all of us – the whole of Austria – feel now,” he said in a statement posted on X.

EU offers condolences

An EU spokesperson in Brussels says while “we seek clarity”, the bloc offers its deepest condolences to the families of the victims “and the entire city of Graz”.

Special forces and ambulances deployed, offering aid to victims

We are on our way now to the city of Graz. The latest developments from the authorities there that the operation is over, and they have deployed special forces the area.

Ambulances were deployed there as well. They are providing assistance to the families of those killed and injured.

They will be trying to figure out what exactly happened and what were the motives of the perpetrator.

If you look at the rate of mass shootings in Austria compared to other western European nations such as Germany and France, the number is very, very small.

10 killed in Graz attack including suspect: Report

We now have more information on the deadly shooting attack in Graz.

At least 10 people have now been reported dead, including the suspect, according to the Austrian news agency citing Graz Mayor Elke Kahr.

Reuters news agency carried the report.

Single person likely to be perpetrator: Police

Austrian police say they are working on the assumption that there is a sole suspect in the deadly shooting, they said in a post on X.

Attacks in public are rare in the western European nation of almost 9.2 million people.

Where did the shooting take place?

Graz is the second most populated city in Austria, about 200km (125 miles) south of Vienna.

Eight dead in school shooting: Report

Eight people have been killed, and the suspected perpetrator has also died, the Austria Press Agency is reporting citing the city’s Mayor Elke Kahr, according to The Associated Press.

It added that the fatalities were seven students and one adult. Kahr said that many people were taken to hospitals with injuries.

Kahr described the events as a “terrible tragedy”, the Austria Press Agency reported.

We will bring you more as further information becomes available.

Local police say the situation ‘secured’

In a post on X, police said that the school had been evacuated, and everyone had been taken to a safe meeting point.

They wrote that the situation was “secured” and there is no longer believed to be any danger.

Police said the shots were fired at the secondary school around 10 am (0800 GMT), with special units quickly responding to the scene.

Several killed in attack: Interior ministry

The Interior Ministry says there were several fatalities following the shooting at the school in Graz, but did not specify how many.

Police said there were also injuries, but again without specifying a number. There was no immediate information on the status or identity of the perpetrator.

Graz, Austria’s second-biggest city, is located in the southeast of the country and has about 300,000 inhabitants.

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