Ex-Student Kills Nine in Deadliest School Shooting in Austria’s Modern History

On June 10, 2025, a 21-year-old former pupil of BORG Dreierschützengasse high school in Graz, Austria, opened fire in two classrooms, killing nine people and injuring at least twelve others before taking his own life in a bathroom. The gunman legally owned both a pistol and a shotgun, and investigators are probing a possible motive related to bullying  . Austria’s government has declared three days of national mourning, lowered flags to half-staff, and called for a minute of silence