Three dead after man drives into crowd in Austria

Three people have been killed and more than 30 others injured when a van slammed into a crowd in the Austrian city of Graz.

Source: APA

Three people are dead and 34 others injured after a man ploughed his van into a crowd of people in Graz, Austria's second largest city.

Police said the driver had been arrested and the downtown area where the incident occurred on Saturday sealed off. There was no immediate indication as to why he drove into the crowd.

Provincial Governor Hermann Schuetzenhoefer, who gave the casualty figures, described the suspected driver as a 26-year old Austrian.

About 60 ambulances converged on the scene and the Austrian auto club sent four helicopters to bring the victims to hospitals.

State broadcaster ORF cited unnamed witnesses as saying the man apparently drove his vehicle into the crowd at random, sending several people crashing into the windshield and flying over the van.

People light candles in tribute to the victims, at the site where a SUV drove into pedestrians in the city center of Graz, Austria. (AAP) Source: APA

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