The massacre in Graz, soldier with 10 dead and more wounded, is the worst reinforced attack so far in Austria, writes the local press.
At least ten people died and another 12 are seriously injured or in critical condition, the Austria authorities announced, after the armed attack that took place on Tuesday in a school in Graz.
The armed attack that took place on Tuesday in a school in Graz will probably remain in history as the worst in Austria, writes Die Prese publication.
According to the authorities, at least ten people died, including the attacker. Also, at least 12 people were hospitalized following the attack, according to a short medical report published by the Association of Hospitals in Stiria, which represents the local hospitals.
He said that two adults and five teenagers are treated at the University Hospital in Graz, two being in “very critical condition” and five with “serious injuries”, all undergoing emergency surgery.
Two other similar incidents have previously taken place in schools in Austria.
On May 5, 1997, a 15-year-old student shot a 48-year-old teacher and seriously injured another teacher in a secondary school in Zöbern, Lower Austria.
He was sentenced to eight years in prison.
On May 9, 2018, an 18-year-old injured a student with a rifle in a federal secondary school in Mistelbach, Lower Austria.
He was sentenced to six years in prison and admitted to a psychiatric hospital.
However, there were many more bloody crimes and violent attacks outside the educational institutions.
Die Presse offers a chronological list:
On February 15, 2025, a 23 -year -old man stabbed several passers -by in the center of Villach (near the main market).
A 14 -year -old was killed, and five others were injured, some seriously.
The author was a Syrian citizen with a residence permit. He was arrested immediately after the attack. Investigators believe the reason was Islamist. The process is in progress.
On November 2, 2020, an Islamist attacker opened the fire on the passers -by in the Bermuda Triangle party district.
The man was deadly shot by police, but had time to kill four people and hurt 22 other people.
The author was identified as an Austrian aged 20, with dual North-Macedonian citizenship.
Supporter of the terrorist organization The Islamic State, he had a history, after an attempt to travel to Syria.
On October 6, 2019, a 26-year-old man killed his 19-year-old former partner (59-year-old father, 51-year-old mother), her brother (23 years old) and a young friend in Kitzbühel.
After the crime was committed, the 26 -year -old man was taught at the Kitzbühel police station. In 2020, he was sentenced to life imprisonment.
On October 29, 2017, Friedrich F., then 66 years old, fired several firearms on his neighbors in Stiwoll, Stiria, following a legal dispute that lasted for years.
He killed a woman and a man and seriously injured another woman. Then he fled with a van, which he later abandoned in a forested area nearby. Despite an intense search, it has not yet been found.
On June 20, 2015, shortly after lunch, Alen R. ran the center of Graz with his SUV at speed, killing three people and seriously hurting dozens of other pedestrians and cyclists.
A jury sentenced to life imprisonment in the autumn of 2016, and in 2023 he was found dead in his cell in Stein prison.
On September 17, 2013, three policemen and a paramedic died in Annaberg, Lower Austria, while investigators were looking for a poacher.
Shortly after midnight, Alois H., 55 years old, passed a road block in the community and opened the fire. Later, he committed suicide on his property in Großpriel, near Melk.
