9 killed in school shooting in Austria
What's the story
Nine people have been killed in a school shooting in the southern Austrian city of Graz, Mayor Elke Kahr told the APA news agency.
The deceased include seven school students and an adult.
Several people, including students and instructors, were also injured, but police did not specify how many.
The suspect, believed to be a student, reportedly killed himself in one of the toilets.
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Incident occurred at federal upper secondary school on Dreierschützengasse
The Austrian police said the incident occurred at BORG Dreierschützengasse, a high school in the northwest of the city of Graz.
Graz Police spokesperson Sabri Yorgun said special Cobra units were dispatched to the high school following a call at 10:00am, after which emergency services and a helicopter were dispatched to the scene.
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Eyewitnesses reported hearing between 30 and 40 gunshots
Eyewitnesses reported hearing between 30 and 40 gunshots.
Kronen Zeitung reported that the gunshots were first heard in the institution at 10:00am (8:00 GMT), and the attack took place in two classrooms.
In a later update, the police said the school has now been secured and there is no further danger.
"Everyone was taken to a safe meeting point," Styrian police said.
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Attacks in public are rare in Austria
Graz, Austria's second-largest city, is located in the southeast of the country and has a population of approximately 300,000 people.
Attacks in public are uncommon in the Alpine country of about 9.2 million residents.
In February, a 23-year-old Syrian asylum seeker was arrested in southern Austria after a teenager was killed and five other people were injured in a stabbing attack.