Hints: Was the Columbine School Massacre a Model for the Graz Rampage?

The shooter from Graz, who killed ten people in a Graz school on Tuesday and committed suicide, reportedly posted a photo from the school on a social network shortly before the act, according to a report by the "Salzburger Nachrichten" (Online). This and previous postings apparently suggest that the 21-year-old took the school massacre at Columbine High School in the US state of Colorado as a model. The police are examining the photo.

Perpetrator reportedly posted photo from the school

As a profile picture, the shooter is said to have used a photo of one of the two perpetrators of the 1999 school massacre in the USA, in which twelve students, a teacher were murdered, and the two teenage shooters committed suicide, under his name used in the gamer scene.

According to the report, the photo shared shortly before the act shows the floor of the school toilet and the perpetrator's shoes, as reported by the "Salzburger Nachrichten" citing confirmation of the authenticity of the image from police sources. The State Police Directorate of Styria could not initially confirm the authenticity of the photo on Friday morning. "We are following up on this lead," said spokesman Sabri Yorgun in response to an APA inquiry. The photo has already been reported to the police as a lead. Whether the photo actually comes from the perpetrator cannot yet be confirmed.

(APA/Red)

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