A farewell letter and video have been found on the house of a 21-year-old gunman who killed 10 individuals in a faculty taking pictures in Austria, because the nation noticed a minute’s silence on Wednesday.
The nation paused at 10am native time (9am UK time), marking the second of the assault a day earlier on the BORG Dreierschützengasse highschool within the southeastern metropolis of Graz.
A trainer and 9 college students have been killed – six women and three boys aged between 14 and 17. One other 11 individuals have been wounded.
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Folks lit candles in honour of the victims on Wednesday. Pic: Reuters
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Medics gathered on the website of the taking pictures on Wednesday. Pic: Reuters
Lots of of individuals gathered for the silence within the central sq. of Austria’s second-biggest metropolis, some additionally lighting candles in reminiscence of these killed, others hugged one another, as they tried to return to phrases with the tragedy.
Within the capital Vienna, trams, subway trains and buses additionally stopped for a minute.
Lots of of individuals joined Austrian officers at a service on Tuesday night in Graz cathedral.
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Candles have been lit as individuals gathered in Graz’s essential sq. on Tuesday evening. Pic: AP
Police mentioned the gunman, who took his personal life, was a former pupil on the faculty who had not accomplished his research.
However they added they don’t but know what his motive was.
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The unnamed man used two weapons within the assault, a shotgun and a pistol, which he owned legally.
On Wednesday, officers searched the house the place he lived along with his mom close to Graz and located a pipe bomb, which was not operational, together with deserted plans for a bombing.
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Officers secured the scene after the taking pictures on Tuesday in Graz. Pic: Reuters
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Paramedics have been known as to the scene on Tuesday. Pic: AP
Franz Ruf, public safety director at Austria’s inside ministry, informed TV community ORF in regards to the messages which officers found.
“A farewell letter in analog and digital form was found. He says goodbye to his parents. But no motive can be inferred from the farewell letter, and that is a matter for further investigations,” Mr Ruf mentioned.
He added that the wounded individuals have been discovered on numerous ranges of the varsity and within the entrance of the constructing, however wouldn’t speculate on whether or not they have been particularly focused by the gunman.
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Graz, the place the assault occurred, is Austria’s second-largest metropolis
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Amongst these within the sq. on Wednesday was Chiara Komlenic, 28, who mentioned she all the time felt secure when she attended the varsity.
“I made lifelong friendships there. It just hurts to see that young girls and boys will never come back, that they experienced the worst day of their lives where I had the best time of my life… it just hurts a lot,” she mentioned.
On Wednesday morning, native well being officers mentioned that these injured have been aged between 15 and 26 and have been in a steady situation.
9 have been nonetheless in intensive care items, two of whom wanted additional operations. One other two had been moved to common wards.
Austria has declared three days of nationwide mourning following what seems to be the deadliest assault in its post-Second World Struggle historical past.
