At least nine dead in school shooting in Austria, authorities confirm

At least nine people were killed and several others were injured in a school shooting in the southern Austrian city of Graz on Tuesday, according to the city mayor. The perpetrator also died.

At least nine people were killed in a school shooting in the Austrian city of Graz on Tuesday, according to interior ministry officials and the domestic press.

Mayor Elke Kahr, who initially said that eight people — seven students and one adult —were among the dead, described the event as a “terrible tragedy,” the Austria Press Agency reported. Kahr said that many people were taken to hospitals with injuries.

Kahr later said that the death toll now stood at 10, but it remains unclear whether this figure includes the alleged perpetrator, who also died in the aftermath of the attack.

The Austrian interior ministry previously confirmed there were several casualties, but has not revealed any further details.

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