School Shooting in Graz: All Known Details About the 21-Year-Old Perpetrator

"We were alerted due to shots and screams in a school," Ortner explained shortly after 3:15 PM to media representatives. Subsequently, a large contingent was immediately mobilized. According to Ortner, over 300 police forces were deployed.

Ten People Died in Rampage at BORG Dreierschützengasse

17 minutes later, the forces of EKO Cobra were finally able to restore security after searching the building, explained the Director General for Public Security, Franz Ruf, on Tuesday. This allowed the first emergency medical vehicles to arrive within a short time, said Ruf.

In the attack, ten people lost their lives, six of the victims were female, three male. The perpetrator committed suicide in a restroom facility. Twelve people are injured - some seriously. Neither the police at the press conference nor the Styrian state rescue commander wanted to go into detail about their exact condition. "But it was certainly the most tragic operation of the Red Cross in Styria in the Second Republic," said Peter Hansak to the APA after the media event.

21-Year-Old School Dropout Became the Rampage Shooter of Graz

Hansak emphasized that the Red Cross has so far provided crisis intervention support to around 200 parents and relatives as well as 300 students. 40 Red Cross personnel are still on site. In total, 220 employees of the Red Cross were deployed.

Due to the situation, as is usual in such cases, ambulance transport was also suspended during the rampage. "All non-essential operations are then scaled back," said Hansak.

The motive of the lone perpetrator was still unclear. According to Interior Minister Gerhard Karner (ÖVP), the man was a former student of the educational institution who had not graduated. He was previously unknown to the authorities. Media reports suggesting that the student had been bullied in the past were not confirmed by Karner and the police on Tuesday. The investigations are still in the early stages and ongoing, said Ortner.

After School Rampage in Graz: Three Days of National Mourning

Chancellor Christian Stocker (ÖVP) spoke of a "dark day" and a "national tragedy." Stocker announced a minute of silence for Wednesday at 10:00 a.m., and a three-day national mourning period will be declared until Friday inclusive. The Styrian Governor Mario Kunasek (FPÖ) emphasized that all public events in Styria are canceled for the next three days.

(APA/Red.)

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