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Graz, Austria – 10 June 2025
1. Wide of cathedral interior
2. Wide of priests and altar
3. SOUNDBITE (German) Stephanie Klamminger-Brünner, teacher:
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“For me, this is important because I’m a teacher myself. It shocks me a lot, that a school in my hometown is affected by such a terrible event. I’m here out of solidarity with the teachers and students.”
4. Close of sign reading (German): “Graz stands together”
5. Wide of cathedral interior
6. Close of statue
7. Mid of service
8. Wide of officials outside cathedral
9. SOUNDBITE (German) Christian Stocker, Austrian Chancellor:
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"This day is the darkest day in the history of our country. The school shooting is a national tragedy that has deeply shaken us. Through this unimaginable act, nine people were suddenly torn from their lives. There are no words to express the pain, bewilderment, and grief. The entire Austrian nation is in shock. My thoughts and deepest sympathies are with the bereaved, the families, and those who have lost a child."
10. Wide of Stocker and officials arriving for a news conference
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STORYLINE:
Hundreds attended a mass after a former student opened fire at a school in Austria’s second-biggest city on Tuesday.
Ten people were fatally shot and many were injured before the shooter took his own life, authorities said.
Austrian Chancellor Christian Stocker described Tuesday’s school shooting in Graz as "the darkest day in the history of our country."
Speaking at a news conference, he said it was "a national tragedy that has deeply shaken us."
There was no immediate information on the motive of the 21-year-old man, who wasn’t previously known to police.
He had two weapons, which he appeared to have owned legally, police said.
Special forces were among those sent to the BORG Dreierschützengasse high school, about a kilometer (over half a mile) from Graz’s historic center, 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.
Authorities said the assailant was a 21-year-old Austrian man who had two weapons, which he appeared to have owned legally.
Police said they didn’t immediately have information on the man’s motive.
Stocker said there would be three days of national mourning, with the Austrian flag lowered to half-staff and a national minute of mourning at 10 a.m. Wednesday.
AP video by Philipp Jenne
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