The 21 -year -old man suspected of doing the worst armed attack on a school in Austria this week was playing weapons online games, while wearing headphones during the attack, police said on Thursday.

The attack killed 10 people and the perpetrator set himself on fire.

“He lived a highly secluded life, he did not want to participate in normal life outside the real world, he preferred to retire in the virtual space,” said Michael Lonegger, head of the Office of Criminal Investigations in the state of Styria.

He said he was not clear because the students and teachers were his goal.

It is noted that the attack shocking Austria, which declared a three -day national mourning. Police found a non -functional bomb during an investigation at home after the armed attack,

Police are still trying to find out the motivation for the attack, but Michael Lonegger, head of the Styria Criminal Investigations Office, said the man was introverted and that his great passion seems to have been weapons online.

Authorities said the suspect did not complete his studies at school. Local media reported that the man, who was living with his mother on the outskirts of Graz, felt he was intimidating at school and wanted revenge, although the police had not confirmed it.

Neighbors and officials in the city of Kalsdorf Bei Graz, where he lived, described an introverted, slim man who generally wore a hat and headphones.

Alexander Van Der Belen calls for a gunshot legislation

The debt of politicians to clarify the conditions of the attack at the Graz school, in which nine students and a teacher lost their lives, the federal president highlighted. Alexander Van Der Belenraising a question of changing the gun legislation.

“The day after, we realize the horrible event that happened in the heart of our country. The children and the teacher were brutally murdered. Shortly before the end of the school year, nine young children went to school and never returned » In their homes, Mr. said. Van der Belen At a memory event on Wednesday night at the Graz Central Square.

“We want to know how (…) a 21 -year -old one to decide on the life and death of others. It is the duty of politicians to clarify the conditions of this bloody crime completely and without a doubt in order to at least minimize the possibility of such a bloody crime in the future. “the federal president added and raised the issue of a change of Austrian gun law. “Does the legal situation really respond to modern demands? Has to be examined »he stressed. The ban on the possession of firearms by individuals was also called for by the Mayor Graz Elke Car.

According to Standard, citing data from the Federal Ministry of the Interior, there are 374,141 people who hold legal weapons in Austria. The corresponding number in 2015 was 253,445 citizens. Most gather in Lower Austria followed by Upper Austria and Styria.

At the same time, more information about the perpetrator and self come. He has been training for the last three months in the use of weapons in a shooting club in the Graz area. According to Austrian magazine Profil, member of the Association, Walter P., got to know him Bread. in the club and made a very negative impression. “I had to do with many young people in my work, but I haven’t met a more unconscious person in my life. It was like from another planet. After training was always sitting apart in a corner ‘, Walter P. told the magazine and remembered that once the young man had asked if he could use a shotgun at his home in the club. They informed him that he was forbidden.