Eight dead in school shooting in Austrian city of Graz

Eight people were killed at a school in the Austrian city of Graz on Tuesday (June 10, 2025), authorities said. The city’s Mayor Elke Kahr said the shooter was among the dead

Police said they deployed to the school after shots were heard there. There were also injuries, but the police did not specify a number.

Special forces were among those sent to the BORG Dreierschutzengasse high school after a call at 10 a.m. At 11.30 am, police wrote on social network X that the school had been evacuated and everyone had been taken to a safe meeting point.

They wrote that the situation was “secured” and there is no longer believed to be any danger.

Graz, Austria’s second-biggest city, is located in the southeast of the country and has about 300,000 inhabitants.