The perpetrator is among the dead in a shooting at a secondary school in Graz, Austria, police say on X, without specifying the total number of fatalities.
Police in Austria’s second-largest city said earlier they believed that the killings were the work of a lone gunman.
Shots were fired at an upper secondary school around 10 am (0800 GMT), with special units quickly responding to the scene. Students at such schools are typically 14 years and older.
A spokesman for the local Red Cross said more than 160 rescue workers are on the scene. Several rescue helicopters are also in operation.
A special emergency protocol has been activated to ensure medical care for numerous injured individuals.
Emergency services walk near the scene of a crime. A large-scale police operation has begun at a school in Dreierschuetzengasse in Graz. According to ORF, several people have been killed in the shooting at a school in Graz. The broadcaster reported this with reference to the Austrian Ministry of the Interior. Erwin Scheriau/APA/dpa
Emergency services walk near the scene of a crime. A large-scale police operation has begun at a school in Dreierschuetzengasse in Graz. According to ORF, several people have been killed in the shooting at a school in Graz. The broadcaster reported this with reference to the Austrian Ministry of the Interior. Erwin Scheriau/APA/dpa