Overview

• In a seven-minute attack at his former Graz school on June 10, a 21-year-old gunman killed nine students aged 14 to 17 and a teacher before fatally shooting himself.
• Police say he retrieved a Glock pistol, a sawn-off double-barreled shotgun and a hunting knife from his backpack in a school restroom, all legally acquired under Austrian law.
• Authorities found detailed bombing plans and a nonfunctional pipe bomb at the attacker’s residence, though he apparently lacked time to make the device operational.
• Officials report he was deemed psychologically unfit for military service in 2021 and was a reclusive individual who played first-person shooter games obsessively.
• Austria has declared three days of national mourning, tightened security at schools and is debating stricter gun regulations in response to the tragedy.