Austrians mourn death of 10 in school shooting

GRIEVING Austrians on Wednesday held tearful memorials and marked a moment of silence to mourn the 10 people shot dead at a school the prior day by a former pupil, an unprecedented attack in the Alpine nation.

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Locals in Austria's second-largest city, Graz, hugged each other, cried, and left flowers, candles, as well as letters to the victims in churches and outside the school, which has around 400 students aged between 14 and 18.

Chancellor Christian Stocker—who called Tuesday's shooting at the Dreierschuetzengasse secondary school "a national tragedy"—declared three days of national mourning.