In the city center of Graz, in the churches as well as in front of the high school where ten people were killed by bullets on Tuesday by a former pupil, the inhabitants lit, on Wednesday, June 11, candles and filed flowers in tribute to the victims. A minute of silence was expected throughout the country on Wednesday at 10 am, in tribute to the victims. The Austrian chancellor, Christian Store, announced a three -day national mourning.
Police announced on X that they had discovered a “Non -functional craft bomb” At the home of the 21 -year -old Austrian. This bomb was seized during a “Search” In the shooter, she said, while the investigation continues to determine the motivations of the young man, who committed suicide in the toilet after his crime.
The alleged perpetrator acted alone, according to the police, and his mobile remains unknown at this stage. The young man, from the region, used, to commit the attack, a rifle and a handgun that he legally held. He had been educated in this secondary establishment welcoming students from 14 to 18 years old, but had not finished his course.
A dozen injured
Police on Tuesday evening said on television Orf having found a farewell letter addressed to his parents during a search at her home, but added that she was not offering any clue to her mobile. A 17 -year -old French student is one of the victims. The authorities also reported about ten injured.
The leaders of the European Union (EU) had expressed, on Tuesday, their “Shock”. “Each child should feel safe in school and be able to learn freely, without fear and without violence”had declared the head of EU diplomacy, Kaja Kallas, on the X network. “The news of Graz touches me to the heart”had stressed, for her part, the president of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen. “It is difficult to bear that schools become places of death and violence”she added.
In recent years, Europe has been shaken by attacks in schools and university not falling under acts of terrorism, especially in Croatia, Slovakia, Serbia and the Czech Republic. In France, an education assistant was fatally stabbed on Tuesday by a college student in front of his establishment in Haute-Marne, arousing great emotion in the face of what the French president, Emmanuel Macron, described as “Spring of insane violence”.
Source: Lemonde