Austrian Hitman Shot Dead Eight Persons 💔
Austria 🇦🇹 will hold three days of national mourning 🖤 after a 21-year-old man shot dead eight pupils and an adult at his old high school 🏫 and injured several others before turning his weapon on himself.
A tenth victim who had been in critical condition subsequently died, local media reported on Tuesday evening. Eleven others were being treated in local hospitals for injuries sustained in the attack 🏥.
Visibly moved at a media conference, the chancellor, Christian Stocker, announced a minute’s silence ⏳ for 10am on Wednesday to start the period of mourning for the victims of Austria’s deadliest postwar mass shooting 💥.
he said.
The interior minister, Gerhard Karner, said six of the victims who died at the scene were female and three male. He said the presumed shooter, a former pupil at the school who had left before graduating, had acted alone and was among the dead 💀.
The mayor of Graz, Elke Kahr, had earlier said that an adult – thought to be a teacher at the school – was among the fatalities 👨🏫.
The gunman opened fire in two classrooms, one of which had once been his own, soon after 10am local time (0900 BST) 🔫. Police gave the all-clear about 90 minutes later, after a major security operation involving a special forces unit and several helicopters 🚁.
A police spokesperson told reporters the suspect was a 21-year-old Austrian national who was armed with two weapons that he owned legally, and had no criminal record 🧐. His name has not been released.
the interior minister told reporters, adding that no further details would be announced because of the active police investigation 🔍.
Karner said. He said nothing concrete could yet be said about the possible motive of the gunman 🤐.
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Austria 🇦🇹 will hold three days of national mourning 🖤 after a 21-year-old man shot dead eight pupils and an adult at his old high school 🏫 and injured several others before turning his weapon on himself.
A tenth victim who had been in critical condition subsequently died, local media reported on Tuesday evening. Eleven others were being treated in local hospitals for injuries sustained in the attack 🏥.
Visibly moved at a media conference, the chancellor, Christian Stocker, announced a minute’s silence ⏳ for 10am on Wednesday to start the period of mourning for the victims of Austria’s deadliest postwar mass shooting 💥.
“The attack on Tuesday morning in the southern city of Graz was ‘a dark day in the history of our country,’ an act of ‘unimaginable violence’ and ‘a national tragedy that has shocked us all,”
he said.
The interior minister, Gerhard Karner, said six of the victims who died at the scene were female and three male. He said the presumed shooter, a former pupil at the school who had left before graduating, had acted alone and was among the dead 💀.
The mayor of Graz, Elke Kahr, had earlier said that an adult – thought to be a teacher at the school – was among the fatalities 👨🏫.
The gunman opened fire in two classrooms, one of which had once been his own, soon after 10am local time (0900 BST) 🔫. Police gave the all-clear about 90 minutes later, after a major security operation involving a special forces unit and several helicopters 🚁.
A police spokesperson told reporters the suspect was a 21-year-old Austrian national who was armed with two weapons that he owned legally, and had no criminal record 🧐. His name has not been released.
“Everything else, and many other things have been speculated about at this point in time, is simply speculation,”
the interior minister told reporters, adding that no further details would be announced because of the active police investigation 🔍.
“Out of consideration for family members, only reliable information will be released to the public,”
Karner said. He said nothing concrete could yet be said about the possible motive of the gunman 🤐.
#Austria #deadpersons #shot
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