Mayor Elke Kahr : “A bid within the now known cost framework is not justifiable for Graz, as much as I understand all those who would have liked to have the ESC in our city.

In the wake of the attack, the mayor of Graz, Elke Kahr, called for a complete ban on private weapons. Gun licenses are "issued too quickly," she said last week.

As ORF Steiermark reported, speakers included Graz Mayor Elke Kahr (KPÖ), federal officials, parents and students. School spokesperson Ennio Resnik called for unity, saying: “He wanted us to fear and ...

The mayor of Graz, Elke Kahr, believes no private person should be able to have weapons at all. "Weapons licences are issued too quickly," she told Austria's ORF TV.

Not long afterwards in south-east Austria, a 21-year-old who had dropped out of school three years earlier, walked into Dreierschützengasse high school in Graz at 09:43, and shot dead nine students ...