Austria reels from ‘national tragedy’ after gunman kills nine at former school

Worst mass shooting in country’s recent history leaves 10 dead, including 21-year-old man who police say shot himself after killing nine others

The attack on Tuesday in the southern city of Graz was 'a dark day in the history of our country', said Austria's chancellor. Picture: ERWIN SCHERIAU/APA/AFP via Getty Images

Austria will hold three days of national mourning after a 21-year-old man shot dead eight pupils and an adult at his old high school and injured a dozen more before turning his weapon on himself.

Visibly moved at a media conference, the chancellor, Christian Stocker, announced a minute’s silence for 10am on Wednesday to start the period of mourning for the victims of Austria’s deadliest postwar mass shooting.