Students in Austria today ran for their lives and hid in classrooms after a gunman opened fire in a school, killing ten and wounding dozens.
A chilling video circulating online shows the moment gunshots rang out around the BORG Dreierschuetzengasse high school campus in the city of Graz as terrified pupils could be seen hiding in their classroom.
In a separate clip, terror-stricken students can be seen running down a corridor and a flight of stairs as they are escorted out of the building by heavily armed cops.
Two female students are shown clinging onto each other as they manage to escape the school building.
Another disturbing video shows wounded bodies lined up on stretchers while dozens of paramedics tend to them. Some are covered by white sheets.
In a separate video, an injured patient lying motionlessly on a stretcher can be seen being carried into a helicopter.
Other images and videos circulating on social media show paramedics and police arriving at the scene, while another clip shows a helicopter flying over the area.
Ten people have been killed and 28 more injured at a school in the southern Austrian city after a former pupil went on a shooting spree today.
An armed police officer is seen scouring the school’s corridors in an attempt to evacuate students
At least 10 people have been killed and several more were injured in an attack on a school in the Austrian city of Graz today
A chilling video circulating online shows the moment gunshots rang out around the BORG Dreierschuetzengasse high school
Special forces descended on the high school shortly before 10am local time after reports of gunshots.
The suspect is among the dead after having killed himself in the toilet after opening fire on two classrooms and shooting in circles.
He has been described by local media as a 22-year-old former student who had been a victim of bullying at the school.
Cops confirmed that the campus had been secured and there was no further danger.
Some 158 paramedics were at the scene today, while another 31 crisis intervention staff and 65 emergency vehicles were operating.
Students who managed to escape the violent rampage were reunited with their parents, while those injured were taken to nearby Helmut List hall – an events venue close to the school – to receive treatment.
A disaster alert was in place today in local hospitals.
Police evacuated the building this morning and deployed their specialist Cobra tactical unit, which handles attacks and hostage situations.
Special forces descended on the high school shortly before 10am local time after reports of gunshots
Two female students are shown clinging onto each other as they manage to escape the school building
Some 158 paramedics were at the scene today
The suspect is among the dead after having killed himself in the toilet after opening fire on two classrooms and shooting in circles
Ambulance cars are seen in a street close to a school where, according to reports, several people died in a shooting, on June 10, 2025 in Graz, southeastern Austria
Policemen are seen in a street close to a school where, according to reports, several people died in a shooting, on June 10, 2025 in Graz
The suspect has been described by local media as a 22-year-old former student who had been a victim of bullying at the school
Cops confirmed that the school had been secured and there is no further danger
Students who managed to escape the violent rampage were reunited with their parents
Those injured are said to be receiving treatment in the Helmut List hall – an events venue close to the school
Rescue paramedics are seen in a street close to a school where, according to reports, several people died in a shooting, on June 10
Images and videos show paramedics and police arriving at the scene
One clip shows a helicopter flying over the area
Police evacuated the building this morning and deployed their specialist Cobra tactical unit
Graz is the second largest city in Austria with a and is located in the southeast of the country
The shooting has been described as the worst mass killing in Austria
Newspaper Krone spoke to a teacher at the school who described being barricaded inside a classroom with students after hearing gunshots.
The Austrian government has also reacted to the shooting, with Chancellor Christian Stocker cancelling his appointments for the day.
Commenting on the tragedy, he said: ‘The school shooting in Graz is a national tragedy that has deeply shaken our entire country.
‘This incomprehensible act suddenly tore young people from the lives they still had ahead of them.’
‘What happened today affects us all – as people, as parents, as a society.
‘A school is a place of trust, security, and hope.’
The interior and education ministers are understood to be on their way to Graz.
Mayor Kahr called the incident ‘a terrible tragedy’.
‘All emergency organisations are acting with caution.
‘Some of the children and teachers have since been taken to the Helmut List Hall in Graz. Family reunifications are taking place in the ASKÖ Hall. Crisis intervention team members are on duty,’ she added.
EU top diplomat Kaja Kallas declared herself ‘deeply shocked’ by reports of the shooting.
‘Every child should feel safe at school and be able to learn free from fear and violence,’ Kallas posted on X.
‘My thoughts are with the victims, their families and the Austrian people in this dark moment.’
School shootings are much more rare in Europe than in the United States but in recent years Europe has been shaken by attacks at schools and universities, that were not connected to terrorism.
Graz is the second largest city in Austria with a and is located in the southeast of the country.
The crime occurred shortly before the tenth anniversary of the Graz rampage on June 20, 2015, which left three people dead and which many Graz residents still remember today.
Attacks in public are rare in the Alpine nation of almost 9.2 million people. It ranks among the ten safest countries in the world, according to the Global Peace Index.
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