Austria: Homemade bomb found in shooter's home

Austria: Homemade bomb found in shooter's home
Police car. Credit: X/Polizei Steiermark

A "non-functional homemade bomb’" was found in the home of the 21-year-old shooter who killed at least ten people at a secondary school in Graz, Austria, on Tuesday. This was reported by the Austrian police on X.

The 21-year-old suspect opened fire at a secondary school in Graz on Tuesday morning. The police had announced at a press conference on Tuesday that the shooter was a former student of the school who had never graduated.

In addition to the at least ten fatal victims, several were also injured. The shooter died by suicide in the school bathrooms following the shooting.

The bomb was found during a search of the man's home. The investigation into the shooter's motive is ongoing.

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