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This article is a list of mass shootings in Austria. Mass shootings are firearm-related violence with at least four casualties.

The data includes casualties of perpetrators, including self-inflicted gunshot or shooting of a perpetrator by police. The treatment of perpetrator casualties is at variance to some but not all definitions of a mass shooting used in the United States. The inclusion of injured victims in the data is also at variance with some of the US definitions that only include dead victims. However, the above treatment is consistent with that used in other Wikipedia lists of mass shootings by country.

21st century

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Date Location Dead Injured Total Description
10 June 2025 Graz, Styria 11[n 1] >30 (11 from gunfire) >41 Graz school shooting: A former student of Dreierschützengasse secondary school entered the school and he opened fire in at least two classrooms. The man shot and killed 10 people and injured at least 11 others. The gunman died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound. The shooting is the deadliest rampage killing in modern Austrian history.[1][2][3]
7 October 2023 Floridsdorf, Vienna 0 4 4 Four people were shot and injured in a gang related shooting.[4]
2 November 2020 Innere Stadt, Vienna 5[n 1] 23 28 2020 Vienna attack: An ISIL sympathiser opened fire on civilians in the city centre of Vienna. The man shot and killed 4 people and injured 23 others, seven critically, including a police officer.[5][6][7]
6 October 2019 Kitzbühel, Tyrol 5 0 5 A man shot and kills 5 members of his ex-partners family, including his former girlfriend.[8][9]
28 or 29 November 2016 Böheimkirchen, Lower Austria 6[n 1] 0 6 A woman shot and killed 5 members of her family before turning the gun on herself.[10][11]
22 May 2016 Nenzing, Vorarlberg 3[n 1] 11 14 2016 Nenzing shooting: A man shot and killed 2 people and injured 11 others following a heated argument between the perpetrator and his girlfriend. He would died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound.[12][13]
16–17 September 2013 Annaberg and Melk, Lower Austria 5[n 1] 1 6 2013 Annaberg shooting: A suspected poacher killed several police officers and a Red Cross paramedic in Annaberg before he kidnapped another officer while fleeing to his house in Melk before killing the police hostage. He would later died from self-immolation wounds.[14][15]

20th century

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Date Location Dead Injured Total Description
20 November 1997 Mauterndorf, Salzburg 7[n 2] 0 7 1997 Mauterndorf shooting [de]: A man armed with two handguns killed six people before killing himself.[16]
10 March 1995 Urfahr, Upper Austria 6[n 2] 2 8 1995 Urfahr shooting [de]: A man armed with a handgun opened fire in a courtroom killing five and wounding two. He escaped the scene and fatally shot himself.[17]
8/9 September 1990 Floridsdorf, Vienna 6[n 2] 4 10 A man armed with a handgun killed five people and wounded four others before killing himself.[18]
29 August 1981 Innere Stadt, Vienna 2 18 20 1981 Vienna synagogue attack: Two terrorists of the Abu Nidal Organization kill two people and wounded 18 others attending a Bar mitzvah service at the Stadttempel in Vienna in a shooting and grenade attack.[19][20]
22 June 1973 Landstraße, Vienna 0 4 4 1973 Rennweg Barracks shooting: A man opened fire on officers during a questioning, wounding four.[21]
29 March 1948 Josefsberg, Lower Austria 2 14+ 16+ At least one drunken Soviet soldier opened fire at a restaurant, killing two people and wounding several others.[22]
6 October 1902 Droyssig, Austria-Hungary 4[n 2] 3 7 A 40-year-old teacher shot and killed three students and wounded three others before being lynched by villagers.[23]

See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ a b c d e Including the perpetrator or suspect
  2. ^ a b c d Including the perpetrator or suspect

References

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  1. ^ "Austria: Several killed in Graz school shooting — media". DW News. 10 June 2025. Retrieved 10 June 2025.
  2. ^ "Austria's deadliest mass shooting: Who are the Graz victims, shooter?". Al Jazeera. 10 June 2025. Retrieved 10 June 2025.
  3. ^ Bayer, Florian (10 June 2025). "Amoklauf in Graz: Der schlimmste Vorfall dieser Art in Österreich". Die Tageszeitung: taz (in German). ISSN 0931-9085. Retrieved 10 June 2025.
  4. ^ "Four people are wounded in a shooting on a Vienna street, and police reportedly arrest four suspects". AP News. 7 October 2023. Retrieved 11 June 2025.
  5. ^ Boston, William; Pancevski, Bojan; Bender, Ruth (3 November 2020). "Vienna Shooting: Attacker Was ISIS Sympathizer; at Least Three Dead". The Wall Street Journal. Archived from the original on 2 November 2020. At least one gunman killed four people and seriously injured several others before being shot dead by police in an attack in the Austrian capital, Vienna, that officials called Islamist terrorism.
  6. ^ "Vienna terror attack had 'Islamist' motive". Deutsche Welle. 3 November 2020. Archived from the original on 3 November 2020. A terror attack in Vienna that left four people dead was carried out by at least one Islamic terrorist, Austria's Interior Ministry said Tuesday.
  7. ^ Schuetze, Christopher F.; Eddy, Melissa; Bennhold, Katrin; Koettl, Christoph (3 November 2020). "Vienna Shooting Live Updates: Terrorist Attack in Austria Leaves 4 Dead and Many Wounded". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on 3 November 2020.
  8. ^ christian.willim (12 August 2020). "Fünffachmord in Kitzbühel: Lebenslang für 26-Jährigen". kurier.at (in German). Retrieved 11 June 2025.
  9. ^ "Kitzbühel unter Schock: Österreicher erschießt fünf Menschen aus Eifersucht". Der Tagesspiegel Online (in German). ISSN 1865-2263. Retrieved 11 June 2025.
  10. ^ "Six family members killed in Austrian house near St Poelten". BBC News. 1 December 2016. Retrieved 11 June 2025.
  11. ^ "Six dead in Austria after suspected family shooting". SBS News. 2 December 2016. Retrieved 11 June 2025.
  12. ^ "Drei Tote bei Schießerei auf Konzert". Wiener Zeitung (in German). Wiener Zeitung. 22 May 2016. Archived from the original on 22 May 2016. Retrieved 22 May 2016.
  13. ^ "Mann schießt auf Konzertgelände um sich" (in German). Tagesschau. 22 May 2016. Archived from the original on 22 May 2016. Retrieved 22 May 2016.
  14. ^ "Austrian poacher dies in fire after killing four". NewsDaily. 17 September 2013. Retrieved 18 September 2013.
  15. ^ Matthias Loinig (18 September 2013). "Charred body of Austrian gunman found in bunker of house". Austrian Times. Archived from the original on 10 February 2015.
  16. ^ "Amoklauf in Mauterndorf fordert 7 Menschenleben". Kronen Zeitung (in German). 20 November 2019. Retrieved 13 June 2025.
  17. ^ "30 Jahre nach Amoklauf im Bezirksgericht Urfahr: Oberlandesgericht Linz gedenkt Opfern". Tips (in German). 10 March 2025. Retrieved 13 June 2025.
  18. ^ "Amoklaufen wird olympische Disziplin". Die Tageszeitung (in German). 13 September 1990. Retrieved 13 June 2025.
  19. ^ Palestinians get life in Austrian Slayings, The New York Times, 22 January 1982
  20. ^ "At least 4 killed, including gunman, in Vienna attacks". Arab News. 2 November 2020.
  21. ^ "Amokläufer Ernst Dostal richtete sich selbst". Kurier (in German). 22 September 2013. Retrieved 13 June 2025.
  22. ^ "Josefsberg: 65 Jahre nach den Schüssen". Niederösterreichische Nachrichten (in German). 12 August 2013. Retrieved 13 June 2025.
  23. ^ Schoolmaster kills pupils, The New York Times Archived 2016-03-05 at the Wayback Machine (October 9, 1902)
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