Elke Kahr, leader of the city’s Communist Party, was equally convinced she would lose again to the slick heir to a trading dynasty who had led the city for 18 years.

Elke Kahr, the mayor of Austria’s second-largest city, explains how her party built up trust over decades of organizing. Elke Kahr, the leader of the Communist Party in Graz, Austria, was ...

Several students and an adult have been shot dead in the city of Graz, with the gunman killing himself in a bathroom at the scene.

The New York Times published a glowing profile of Elke Kahr, a Communist politician in Austria, on Friday, with almost no criticism. "Yes, this Communist politician in Graz, Austria, wants to ...

Mayor of Graz Elke Kahr attends a press conference following a deadly school shooting in Graz, Austria, June 10, 2025. Leonhard Foeger/Reuters.

Graz Mayor Elke Kahr, quoted by Austrian news agency APA, said many injured had also been taken to hospital following the shooting, which she called a "terrible tragedy".

Austria has held a minute of silence for 10 people killed in a school shooting, after thousands gathered for a candlelight ...

He legally owned the two firearms used in the attack, police explained. Mayor Elke Kahr, who initially said that eight people — seven students and one adult —were among the dead, described the event ...

Graz Mayor Elke Kahr later described the events as a "terrible tragedy," according to the Austria Press Agency. Police block a street near a school where nine people were killed in a shooting ...

Elke Kahr, the leader of the city’s Communist Party, was equally convinced she would lose again to the slick heir to a trading dynasty who had led the city for 18 years.

Elke Kahr, the mayor of Austria’s second-largest city, explains how her party built up trust over decades of organizing. Elke Kahr, the leader of the Communist Party in Graz, Austria, was ...