At least five people died following an attack with the weapon that took place on Tuesday, June 10, in a school in the Austrian city of Graz, notes the publication Kronen Zeitung, who speaks of “A large -scale operation” of the police. The author, who would be a student of the educational unit, was found dead in a toilet.
The police have asked the population to avoid the operational area. Photo shutterstock
The attack took place at a school in the Lend district, shortly before 10 o'clock. In the meantime, five deaths have already been confirmed, according to the quoted source.
Numerous police units and special Cobra unit have intervened at the incident.
There were shot in school, said the director, and then the alarm was triggered. It is said that the perpetrator fired firearms into two classes.
The building is carefully researched.
The author of the attack would have committed suicide
The suspect was found dead in one of the school toilets.
Kronen Zeitung spoke with the husband of a teacher hidden in the classroom with her students, who said he heard several firearms.
Parents affected by students who have managed to escape are now allowed to join their children. The injured students are cared for near Helmut-List-Halle, notes the quoted source.
Tuesday's victims include students and teachers, according to Reuters.
Tuesday's attack took place shortly before the tenth commemoration of the attack committed in Graz on June 20, 2015, resulting in three dead.
