9 people killed in the shooting at the Austria school in the city of Graz, according to the police

Vienna, Austria – At least nine people were killed on Tuesday in a shooting attack in a high school in the Austrian city of Graz, police said, adding that the author was also dead. The Graz police were deployed in force at school on Tuesday morning after receiving a call on the shots that are heard at the facilities.

It was not clear how the shooter had died. Police said the deaths included students and at least one adult, and that several people were being treated for serious injuries.

The mayor of Graz, Elke Kahr, later described events as a “terrible tragedy,” according to the Austrian press agency.

Police said in a message posted on social networks that the situation was under control and that it was not considered that it was an additional threat to the public, since they believed that the assailant had acted alone.

“The uproar in a school in Graz is a national tragedy that has deeply shaken our entire country,” said Austrian Chancellor Christian Stocker in a statement. “There are no words for pain and pain that everyone, all Austria, we are feeling at this time.”

Police spokesman Sabri Yorgun said that the special forces were among those deployed at Borg Dreierschützengasse high school after a call at 10 am (4 am to the east). Police said in a publication on social networks that the school had been evacuated and that everyone had been taken to a safe meeting point.

Graz, the second largest city in Austria, is located in the southeast of the country and has around 300,000 inhabitants.

“Schools are symbols for youth, hope and the future,” wrote the president of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, in X. “It is difficult to support when schools become places of death and violence.”

What are the laws of Austria weapons?

The violence of firearms is rare in Austria, where the property of weapons is closely regulated.

Under the country’s weapons laws, all automatic weapons, together with semi -automatic rifles with a capacity of more than 10 rounds and semi -automatic guns with a capacity of more than 20 rounds, most of the pump action shotguns and short barrel shotguns are prohibited.

While some long weapons and multiple round guns are allowed, owners must obtain special permits, which require multiple verification layers and controls.

The rifles and shotguns that require manual recharge after they are triggered without permits, but all firearms owners must be over 18 years old and have their weapons recorded in a national database within six weeks after obtaining.

Austrians who wish to transport a firearm must publicly obtain a weapons pass issued by the European Union, which covers only the firearms allowed under the national laws mentioned above.

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