Overview

• The shooter, a 21-year-old former student of BORG Dreierschützengasse, used a legally owned pistol and shotgun before killing himself in a school bathroom.
• Nine victims, including students and at least one teacher, were fatally shot alongside the gunman, and 12 others suffered injuries, some critical.
• Chancellor Christian Stocker declared a three-day period of national mourning with flags lowered to half-staff.
• Investigators have launched a probe into the attacker’s motive after recovering both analogue and digital copies of his farewell letter.
• The tragedy has intensified scrutiny of Austria’s gun laws, which allow certain rifles and shotguns to be purchased from age 18 without a permit.