Eight people were killed at a school in the Austrian city of Graz on Tuesday, authorities said.

Police said they deployed to the school after shots were heard there. 3

The Interior Ministry said there were several fatalities but did not specify how many. Police said there were also injuries, without specifying a number.

Graz Mayor Elke Kahr said the shooter was among the dead, the Austria Press Agency reported.

Kahr described the events as a “terrible tragedy,” the Austria Press Agency reported.

Special forces were among those sent to the BORG Dreierschützengasse high school after a call at 10 a.m. At 11.30 a.m., police wrote on social network X that the school had been evacuated and everyone had been taken to a safe meeting point. 3

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They wrote that the situation was “se

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