Two women and a man were found dead with gunshot wounds in an isolated house in the woods of Styria province, Austrian police said Wednesday.

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The man was reported missing by his employer after he did not show up for work, triggering a search late Tuesday.

The police gained access to the locked house in the district of Murau, where they found three bodies with “obvious gunshot wounds” at around 18:00 pm (1600 GMT).

Police said it cannot be excluded that another person may have been involved in the deaths.

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The identities and ages of the three dead have not been disclosed, but two of the dead were a couple who lived in the house, and the third victim was a woman.

Unconfirmed media reports said the victims were a teacher, his ex-girlfriend and a German holidaymakers.

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