{"id":10097,"date":"2025-06-11T06:04:33","date_gmt":"2025-06-11T06:04:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=10097"},"modified":"2025-06-11T06:04:33","modified_gmt":"2025-06-11T06:04:33","slug":"10-killed-in-austria-school-shooting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=10097","title":{"rendered":"10 killed in Austria school shooting"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>Graz<\/p>\n<p>A former student killed 10 people when he opened fire at a high school in southeastern Austria on Tuesday before taking his own life, authorities said, in an unprecedented case of deadly gun violence that stunned the Alpine country.<\/p>\n<p>Heavily armed police, a helicopter and paramedics descended on the Dreierschuetzengasse high school in Graz after the 21-year-old lone shooter struck, police said.<\/p>\n<p>Nine victims were immediately confirmed but a woman died from her wounds in hospital later, an official said.<\/p>\n<p>Seven of the victims were female and three male, authorities said without specifying their ages.<\/p>\n<p>Twelve people suffered severe injuries and police said support was being provided to witnesses and those affected.<\/p>\n<p>The suspect acted alone and took his own life in the school toilet, police said, adding his motive remained unknown.<\/p>\n<p>Austrian Chancellor Christian Stocker declared three days of national mourning to remember the victims, saying the country had witnessed &#8220;an act of unimaginable violence&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>According to police, the alleged perpetrator was an Austrian from the Graz region, who used two legally-owned weapons.<\/p>\n<p>He was a former student at the high school, but had not finished his studies, Interior Minister Gerhard Karner told reporters.<\/p>\n<p>Flower bouquets and candles were placed in front of the school, which has around 400 students aged between 14 and 18.<\/p>\n<p>A supermarket and a bank in the vicinity closed for the day.<\/p>\n<p>A resident, who hails from the United States, told AFP that she was &#8220;shocked&#8221; and &#8220;it&#8217;s a lot to take in&#8221; after learning what had occurred nearby an elementary school and kindergarten her two children attend.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;In my home country it happens more often as we know but that it happens here is unheard of,&#8221; she said, declining to give her name.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Graz is a safe city,&#8221; said Roman Klug, 55, who said he lived close to the school that he said was &#8220;known for its openness and diversity&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>After arriving in Graz, Stocker described the shooting as &#8220;a national tragedy&#8221;, adding that it was &#8220;a dark day&#8221; for Austria.<\/p>\n<p>Condolences poured in from across Europe.<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Graz A former student killed 10 people when he opened fire at a high school in southeastern Austria on Tuesday before taking his own life, authorities said, in an unprecedented case of deadly gun violence that stunned the Alpine country. Heavily armed police, a helicopter and paramedics descended on the Dreierschuetzengasse high school in Graz [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10097","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-english-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10097","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=10097"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10097\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=10097"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=10097"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=10097"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}