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 DateLocationDeadInjuredTotalDescription16 September 2025Leopoldstadt, Vienna314A 44-year-old man shot and killed his ex-wife and wounded her daughter and the daughter's boyfriend before exchanging gunfire with police and killing himself. The daughter died of her injuries two days later.10 June 2025Graz, Styria111122Graz school shooting: A former student of 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.2 November 2020Innere Stadt, Vienna523282020 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. 6 October 2019Kitzbühel, Tyrol505A man shot and killed five members of his ex-partner's family, including his former girlfriend.28 or 29 November 2016Böheimkirchen, Lower Austria606A woman shot and killed five members of her family before turning the gun on herself.22 May 2016Nenzing, Vorarlberg3Including the perpetrator or suspect11142016 Nenzing shooting: A man shot and killed 2 people and injured 11 others following a heated argument between the perpetrator and his girlfriend. He died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound.16–17 September 2013Annaberg and Melk, Lower Austria5162013 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.22 February 2013Vienna044Four people were shot and wounded in Ottakring.24 May 2009Vienna119+ (4 by gunfire) Including the perpetrator(s) or suspect(s)20+During a service at a Sikh temple, six men armed with knives and a pistol attacked the preachers. Including four attackers that were assaulted by bystanders, sixteen people were injured. At least five people were shot, including a guru that later died of his injuries.1 July 2008Strasshof, Lower Austria404A man shot and killed his sister, brother and their spouses, before fleeing the scene. He was arrested in August after weeks on the run.
20th century DateLocationDeadInjuredTotalDescription20 November 1997Mauterndorf, Salzburg7Including the perpetrator or suspect07: A man armed with two handguns killed six people before killing himself.10 March 1995Urfahr, Upper Austria6Including the perpetrator or suspect28: A man armed with a handgun opened fire in a courtroom killing five and wounding two. He escaped the scene and fatally shot himself.8/9 September 1990Floridsdorf, Vienna6Including the perpetrator or suspect410A man armed with a handgun killed five people and wounded four others before killing himself.16 May 1990Vienna/Tulln District, Lower Austria5Including the perpetrator or suspect05A man shot and killed his wife and two children and set their apartment on fire. He then drove to Tulln and killed his mother before killing himself.29 August 1981Innere Stadt, Vienna218201981 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.Palestinians get life in Austrian Slayings, The New York Times, 22 January 1982 22 June 1973Landstraße, Vienna0441973 Rennweg Barracks shooting: A man opened fire on officers during a questioning, wounding four.18 April 1972Vienna044Four people were wounded during a robbery when a shootout ensued between the robbers and a police officer assigned to guard the money transport robbed.1–2 June 1954Vienna145Two intoxicated British soldiers wounded a military policeman, then opened fire the following morning at random people and motorists, killing a driver and wounding a pedestrian. A passenger of the dead driver was injured in the resulting crash. The soldiers went to an apartment complex and fired into an apartment, wounding two people, then surrendered to responding police.29 March 1948Josefsberg, Lower Austria214+16+At least one drunken Soviet soldier opened fire at a restaurant, killing two people and wounding several others.17 April 1916Vienna, Austria-Hungary5712A soldier shot and killed five people and wounded seven others.Die Schreckenstat eines Geistesgestörten, Die Neue Zeitung (April 18, 1916) 6 October 1902Droyssig, Austria-Hungary4Including the perpetrator or suspect37A 40-year-old teacher shot and killed three students and wounded three others before being lynched by villagers.Schoolmaster kills pupils, The New York Times (October 9, 1902)
See also
Crime in Austria
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