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Nine people killed in Austrian school shooting

The police confirmed the shooter was among the dead.

• June 10, 2025
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At least nine people have been killed and scores injured in a shooting at a secondary school in Graz, Austria.

The shooting, police confirmed in a post on X, happened at Dreierschützengasse high school, Graz, on Tuesday.

The police confirmed the shooter was among the dead.

Austrian Chancellor Christian Stocker, in a post on X commisrated with the families of the shooting victims.

“The school shooting in Graz is a national tragedy that has deeply shaken our entire country. This unimaginable act suddenly tore young people from the lives they still had ahead of them,” Mr Stocker said.

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