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According to the amok run in Graz, the medical board sees "enormal need for action" in the offers for mental health. The Council of Ministers deals with this on Wednesday.
After the amok run at the Graz school, the government promises a "massive increase" of school psychologists throughout Austria. Currently, only 190 federal posts are available for this.
VIENNA/GRAZ. The law on arms is being amended, there is a compensation fund for victims and residents, the number of school psychologists is to be doubled within three years. After the riot at the BORG Dreiersch tzengasse in Graz, the government decided on a package of measures in the Council of Ministers on Wednesday.
Austria's care in the area of children's and youth psychiatry has been under pressure since the amok run in Graz. Experts are demanding even more profound reforms, comprehensive prevention and reliable contact points.
According to police, the attacker who shot ten people and then himself at a high school in Graz a week ago was fascinated by well-known attacks on school buildings around the world. His interest in violence was not limited to playing online shooting games, which Austrian police had previously reported, but went much deeper. The picture of the shooter is becoming clearer, although it is still unclear why the 21-year-old killed ten people, the DPA…
At a joint press conference today, Interior Minister Gerhard Karner (ÖVP) and representatives of the police gave insight into the state of the investigation after the riot in Graz. The motive of the 21-year-old perpetrator is still unclear, but over time he may have developed a "passion for school shootings", as the head of the investigation group explained.
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