A 21-year-old gunman who killed 9 college students and a trainer at his former faculty in Austria had developed a fascination and “significant passion” for such shootings in recent times, investigators say.
Police say the previous pupil deliberate final Tuesday’s roughly seven-minute assault on the BORG Dreierschützengasse highschool in Graz all the way down to the smallest element – however are nonetheless unsure as to the motive for his rampage.
They’ve additionally flagged a sequence of copycat threats which are inflicting disruption.
After the shooter’s physique was found, investigators discovered he nonetheless had 24 bullets in two magazines and one other 18 unfastened bullets for his Glock handgun, together with 17 bullets for his shotgun, in line with Michael Lohnegger, the top of Styria province’s prison police workplace.
This has led to questions on why he determined to cease capturing when he did.
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‘I do not really feel secure going again’ after Austria capturing
Detectives proceed to trawl by way of a string of social media accounts attributed to the person – who has not been recognized – to find out that are real.
They will “say with certainty that, over the years, he developed a significant passion in general terms for the phenomenon of school shootings,” Mr Lohnegger stated.
“He glorifies not just the acts in general, but also the perpetrators who carried out these acts.”
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Armed police responding to the capturing
Eleven folks had been additionally wounded within the shootings final week, after which the gunman additionally died by suicide. Two of these wounded have to date been launched from hospital. Two stay in intensive care.
Police additionally highlighted an ongoing challenge with copycats making threats. In Graz alone, their threats have triggered round 30 police interventions previously few days, the Styrian Police Division stated.
Austria’s Chancellor Christian Stocker stated gun legal guidelines within the nation, that are among the many extra liberal within the EU, shall be tightened within the wake of the assault.
