Police find non-functional pipe bomb at Austrian shooter’s home
A non-functioning pipe bomb was found during a search at the home of the 21-year-old suspected perpetrator of a deadly school shooting in Austria, police told dpa on Wednesday.
On Tuesday, a gunman opened fire at a secondary school in Graz before taking his own life, leaving a total of 11 people dead.
According to reports, the gunman entered a classroom and intentionally targeted students.
The suspected perpetrator, a former pupil at the school, used two legally owned weapons to carry out the horrifying attack, according to Austrian authorities.
His motive was not yet known. According to the police, a farewell letter and video from the attacker contained no clues.
Austria will observe three days of national mourning following the deadly shooting and a minute’s silence will also be observed across the country at 10 a.m. (0800 GMT) on Wednesday.
Austrian Chancellor Christian Stocker called the incident a “national tragedy’’ in a post on X, as European leaders offered their condolences.
Graz, in south-eastern Austria, is home to around 300,000 people.
(dpa/NAN)
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