"I think the first thing is shock, to be honest. I think you can't react the other way. I think everyone in the school is in complete shock," said 24-year-old student Helene Parr, who knows people at the BORG Dreierschützengasse school, where the mass shooting took place.

This is the first picture of the “drop out” school shooter who killed 10 people in Austria this week in one of the worst act of violence in the country’s history.Identified as Arthur A, the 21-year-old is understood to be a former pupil at the school in the southern city of Graz.

The deadliest school shooting in the nation’s recent history has prompted some gun enthusiasts to worry about the prospect of stricter ownership laws.

Eleven people injured in a school shooting in Graz, Austria, on Tuesday are still being treated but are not in life-threatening condition, officials said.

King Charles and Queen Camilla have sent an emotional message to Austria following the shooting rampage in Graz.

The King has sent a message to the people of Austria expressing his sympathy following the “appallingly tragic” school shooting in Graz. Charles described how the “horrific attack” was all the more dreadful because “schools should be places of sanctuary and learning”.

A brutal act of mass violence in Austria has left the nation reeling. On June 9, in the city of Graz, 21-year-old Arthur A. shot and killed 10 people — including eight children — before turning the weapon on himself.