page_title: 2015 Graz attack
section_title: Reactions
hierarchical_section_title: 2015 Graz attack / Reactions
caption_attribution_description: Deutsch: Stadtpfarrkirche Graz, Ort des Gedenkens an die Opfer der Amokfahrt in Graz (20. Juni 2015)
context_page_description: The 2015 Graz attack occurred on 20 June 2015, when the perpetrator, identified as Alen Rizvanović, drove a sports utility vehicle at high speeds through the center of Graz, Austria, killing three people in a matter of minutes and injuring 36 others, some of them seriously. At one point during the attack, Rizvanović got out of the vehicle and stabbed passers-by. He was later arrested by police.
context_section_description: Austrian President Heinz Fischer issued a statement and said he was "deeply shocked" by the attack. Johanna Mikl-Leitner, the Austrian Interior Minister, said during a visit to the scene of the attack, "What happened here is unthinkable. There is no excuse for it." Styria governor Hermann Schützenhöfer issued a statement, saying, "We are shocked and dismayed...here is no explanation and no excuse for this attack." Graz mayor Siegfried Nagl, who witnessed the rampage unfold, ordered events in Graz to be canceled and black flags of mourning to be raised above municipal buildings.
caption: A place for condolences in the Herrengasse, in front of the Grazer  Stadtpfarr Church (22. June 2015).
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