The deadliest school shooting in the nation’s recent history has prompted some gun enthusiasts to worry about the prospect of stricter ownership laws.

Austria ranks among the highest in Europe for civilian gun ownership, with approximately 30 guns per 100 residents, according to the 2017 Small Arms Survey, a Geneva research group. While countries such as Cyprus, Finland, and Iceland report slightly higher rates, Austria remains an outlier in the continent.

Police in Austria were hunting for clues on Wednesday after a gunman opened fire at his former high school a day earlier, killing nine students and a teacher in a deadly spree that stunned the country.

Officials in Austria say a school shooting has left at least 10 people dead in the European nation's second-largest city, Graz. The shooter is also dead.

Hana A, 15, has been named as the latest victim of the school shooting in Graz, Austria in which 10 people were killed by a former pupil who opened fire before taking his own life

A 10th victim has died after a 21-year-old former student opened fire in a secondary school in Graz before killing himself.

Ten people were killed in a mass shooting at a high school in Graz, the country’s second-largest city, the police said. The gunman also died, in an apparent suicide.

The King has sent a message of condolence to grieving people of Austria after Tuesday's gun rampage left 10 dead.