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Students and adults are among 10 radical who person died successful a schoolhouse shooting successful Austria.
A further 28 radical were reportedly injured successful the onslaught astatine a secondary schoolhouse successful Graz, Austria's second-biggest city.
Mayor Elke Kahr described it arsenic a "terrible tragedy", the Austria Press Agency (APA) reported.
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Here is what we cognize truthful far.
What happened?
The shooting took spot connected 10 June astatine BORG Dreierschutzengasse, a secondary schoolhouse successful the northwest of Graz, adjacent to the main cardinal bid station, Austrian constabulary said.
At slightest 10 radical died, and dozens much injured.
Police said the gunman, whom they believed acted alone, was among the dead.
Special forces were among those sent to the schoolhouse astatine 10am section clip aft reports of shots being heard.
By 11.30am, constabulary said the schoolhouse had been evacuated and everyone had been taken to a harmless gathering point.
Gunfire and screaming could beryllium heard successful footage posted connected X purporting to beryllium from the scene.
An injured idiosyncratic being carried to a chopper by paramedics was besides caught connected video, portion pictures showed equipped officers astatine the scene.
At slightest 158 paramedics were connected tract responding to the shooting, and 31 situation involution staff.
Injured students were being cared for successful the adjacent Helmut List Halle events venue.
'My lad called maine to accidental helium was going to die'
The parent of a kid who survived the shooting retold the distressing infinitesimal she received a telephone telephone from her son.
She said she recovered retired hours aft the incidental that helium was alive.
"My lad called maine to accidental helium was successful schoolhouse and that helium was being changeable and that helium thought helium was going to die," she said.
"I've lone recovered retired now, 2 hours later, that he's inactive alive."
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What we cognize astir the suspect
Austrian constabulary confirmed the perpetrator is dead, but person not yet revealed his identity.
Sky's Europe analogous Siobhan Robbins said immoderate section media were reporting the gunman was "a 22-year-old erstwhile student".
Robbins added: "The idiosyncratic entered the schoolhouse with 2 weapons, which is inactive to beryllium confirmed by the authorities."
Kronen Zeitung, Austria's biggest newspaper, reported earlier that shots were fired successful 2 classrooms and the gunman was recovered dormant successful 1 of the toilets.
What is happening now?
The Austrian Red Cross told Sky News it had initiated its alleged 'MANV system', a protocol for dealing with a wide casualty incident.
All hospitals successful the Styria authorities were alerted and had to study their disposable capacity.
Doctors from the authorities infirmary (LKH) and mishap infirmary (UKH) were moving connected tract and 2 attraction centres person been acceptable up adjacent to the schoolhouse to enactment those affected.
A 'national tragedy'
Austrian Chancellor Christian Stocker called the shooting a "national tragedy".
In a connection connected Tuesday, helium offered his condolences to the families who person mislaid their children.
"The rampage astatine a schoolhouse successful Graz is simply a nationalist calamity that has profoundly shaken our full country," Mr Stocker said.
He added: "There are nary words for the symptom and grief that we each - each of Austria - are feeling close now.
"A schoolhouse is simply a spot of trust, security, and hope. The information that this harmless abstraction was truthful brutally shattered leaves america stunned."
Mr Stocker went connected to convey the exigency services and those who were investigating what happened.
Austrian President Alexander Van der Bellen added: "This fearfulness cannot beryllium enactment into words."
He said what happened successful Graz "strikes astatine the bosom of our country".
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