"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.

The deadliest school shooting in the nation’s recent history has prompted some gun enthusiasts to worry about the prospect of stricter ownership laws.

A lone attacker has shot dead 10 people at a school in the Austrian city of Graz. Officials say the suspect, who was 21 and had two guns, killed himself in the bathroom. Three days of national mourning have been announced.

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”.

A brutal act of mass violence in Austria has left the nation reeling. On June 9, in the city of Graz, 21-year-old Arthur A. shot and killed 10 people — including eight children — before turning the weapon on himself.