Pipe Bomb and Farewell Video Discovered After Graz Rampage

The state police department confirmed corresponding media reports upon APA inquiry early Wednesday. The bomb was found in the apartment of the alleged perpetrator, who committed suicide on Tuesday. Meanwhile, the Styrian police have already received further threats from copycats.

21-Year-Old Sent Farewell Video to Mother

In addition to the pipe bomb, a farewell video that the alleged perpetrator had sent to his mother was also discovered, the police confirmed on Wednesday. An analog farewell letter was also found.

The shotgun and pistol used were legally owned by the 21-year-old. "However, he should not have been allowed to carry them under any circumstances," said police spokesman Sabri Yorgun to the APA. The state police department also did not want to confirm media reports that the man had allegedly been bullied in the past, even on Wednesday. More detailed backgrounds on the 21-year-old's school career remained unclear upon inquiry for the time being.

Copycats Used Shooting Spree as Occasion for Threats

As the Director General for Public Security, Franz Ruf, said in an interview with the Ö1-Morgenjournal on Wednesday morning, several copycats have meanwhile used the case as an occasion for further threats. "Several copycats," as Ruf explained, have been identified. The state police department of Styria did not want to speak of "copycats" upon APA inquiry, as there had been no further shooting spree, "but there are suspects who are now seizing on the fact that a shooting spree has taken place," Yorgun told the APA.

Specifically, on Tuesday, among other things, an (as in recent weeks, unfinished) bomb threat was received against the Graz main train station, and on Wednesday, a threat letter against another Graz school. "Of course, we have taken precautionary measures," said Yorgun, without going into further detail. The corresponding investigations against such copycats are, of course, being conducted in parallel.

(APA/Red)

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