Students and adults are among 10 people who have died in a school shooting in Austria.
A further 28 people were reportedly injured in the attack at a secondary school in Graz, Austria’s second-biggest city.
Mayor Elke Kahr described it as a “terrible tragedy”, the Austria Press Agency (APA) reported.
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Here is what we know so far.
What happened?
The shooting took place on 10 June at BORG Dreierschutzengasse, a secondary school in the northwest of Graz, close to the main central train station, Austrian police said.
At least 10 people died, and dozens more injured.
Police said the gunman, whom they believed acted alone, was among the dead.
Special forces were among those sent to the school at 10am local time after reports of shots being heard.
By 11.30am, police said the school had been evacuated and everyone had been taken to a safe meeting point.
Gunfire and screaming could be heard in footage posted on X purporting to be from the scene.
An injured person being carried to a helicopter by paramedics was also caught on video, while pictures showed armed officers at the scene.
At least 158 paramedics were on site responding to the shooting, and 31 crisis intervention staff.
Injured students were being cared for in the nearby Helmut List Halle events venue.
‘My son called me to say he was going to die’
The mother of a child who survived the shooting retold the distressing moment she received a phone call from her son.
She said she found out hours after the incident that he was alive.
“My son called me to say he was in school and that he was being shot and that he thought he was going to die,” she said.
“I’ve only found out now, two hours later, that he’s still alive.”
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What we know about the suspect
Austrian police confirmed the perpetrator is dead, but have not yet revealed his identity.
Sky’s Europe correspondent Siobhan Robbins said some local media were reporting the gunman was “a 22-year-old former student”.
Robbins added: “The person entered the school with two weapons, which is still to be confirmed by the authorities.”
Kronen Zeitung, Austria’s biggest newspaper, reported earlier that shots were fired in two classrooms and the gunman was found dead in one of the toilets.
What is happening now?
The Austrian Red Cross told Sky News it had initiated its so-called ‘MANV system’, a protocol for dealing with a mass casualty incident.
All hospitals in the Styria state were alerted and had to report their available capacity.
Doctors from the state hospital (LKH) and accident hospital (UKH) were working on site and two care centres have been set up near to the school to support those affected.
A ‘national tragedy’
Austrian Chancellor Christian Stocker called the shooting a “national tragedy”.
In a statement on Tuesday, he offered his condolences to the families who have lost their children.
“The rampage at a school in Graz is a national tragedy that has deeply shaken our entire country,” Mr Stocker said.
He added: “There are no words for the pain and grief that we all – all of Austria – are feeling right now.
“A school is a place of trust, security, and hope. The fact that this safe space was so brutally shattered leaves us stunned.”
Mr Stocker went on to thank the emergency services and those who were investigating what happened.
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Austrian President Alexander Van der Bellen added: “This horror cannot be put into words.”
He said what happened in Graz “strikes at the heart of our country”.
