Austria School Shooting: 21-Year-Old Man Used 2 Weapons; Video Shows Panic At Premises

At least nine people were killed in a shooting at a school in the Austrian city of Graz on Tuesday, and the suspected perpetrator also died. Several others have been seriously injured, the authorities said.

The police said that the assailant was a 21-year-old man who used two weapons for the attack. Police said they believe the assailant acted alone. They said on social network X that 10 people were dead, including the shooter.

The shooting took place at BORG Dreierschutzengasse high school, located about a kilometer from Graz's historic centre. Graz, Austria 's second-biggest city, is located in the southeast of the country and has about 300,000 inhabitants.

Videos of the incident, shared by several news agencies, captured the fear and panic that gripped the premises as gunshots were fired.

Following the incident, special forces were sent to the high school and it was evacuated. Every one at the premises was taken to a safe meeting point, the police said.

Mayor Elke Kahr described the events as a "terrible tragedy," the Austria Press Agency reported.

According to a report by AP, some weapons, such as rifles and shotguns that must be reloaded manually after each shot, can be purchased in Austria from the age of 18 without a permit.

Gun dealers only need to check if there's no weapons ban on the buyer and the weapon gets registered in the central weapons register.

Other weapons, such as repeating shotguns or semi-automatic firearms, are more difficult to acquire and buyers need a gun ownership card and a firearms pass.

(With AP inputs)