Eight people killed in Austrian school shooting: report

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Eight people have been killed in a shooting attack at an Austrian school, say reports citing police.
Eight people have been killed in a shooting attack at an Austrian school, say reports citing police.

At least eight people have been killed when a shooter opened fire at a school in the Austrian city of Graz and others were injured, Kronen Zeitung newspaper reports.

Citing local police, Austrian state media including national broadcaster ORF said several people had been seriously injured, including students and teachers.

Police said an operation was under way in a street in the Austrian capital called Dreierschuetzengasse, on which there is a secondary school, but declined further comment.

Police were evacuating the building, ORF said.

It was not immediately clear whether the suspect was among the victims. Kronen Zeitung said a suspect had reportedly been found dead in a bathroom, but the report could not immediately be confirmed by Reuters.

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