By Euronews
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At least five people were killed in a school shooting in the Austrian city of Graz on Tuesday, according to reports.
Several others have been injured, including students and teachers, state broadcaster ORF reported citing local press.
The suspected perpetrator, considered to be a student at this stage, has committed suicide, reports claim.
A police operation was under way on Dreierschuetzengasse street, which has a secondary school. However, the authorities have refused to make further comments.
Graz Police spokesperson Sabri Yorgun said special forces were among those sent to the high school after a call was received at 10 am, and that authorities were working to gain an overview of what had happened.
Graz is a city of some 300,000 and is the capital city of the southern Austrian province of Styria.
This is a developing story and our journalists are working on further updates.