"I think the first thing is shock, to be honest. I think you can't react the other way. I think everyone in the school is in complete shock," said 24-year-old student Helene Parr, who knows people at the BORG Dreierschützengasse school, where the mass shooting took place.

Police have revealed chilling details about what they found in the home of a former student, 21, who is suspected of leaving a farewell message for his mom before killing 10 in the school shooting in Graz,

When a 21-year-old former student opened fire inside his school in Austria’s second-biggest city earlier this week, killing 10 people, it didn’t take long for the Alpine country’s press council to call on journalists to show restraint when reporting about the victims and their families.

King Charles and Queen Camilla have sent an emotional message to Austria following the shooting rampage in Graz.

The King has sent a message to the people of Austria expressing his sympathy following the “appallingly tragic” school shooting in Graz. Charles described how the “horrific attack” was all the more dreadful because “schools should be places of sanctuary and learning”.

Police in Austria were hunting for clues on Wednesday after a gunman opened fire at his former high school a day earlier, killing nine students and a teacher in a deadly spree that stunned the country.