Moscow: A gunman has killed 13 folks, together with seven youngsters, at a faculty in central Russia, authorities mentioned.
Governor of the Udmurtia area, Alexander Brechalov, mentioned in a video assertion that the nonetheless unidentified shooter received into a faculty in Izhevsk, the area’s capital, killed a guard and a number of the youngsters there. “There are victims among the many youngsters, there are wounded too,” Brechalov mentioned.
The useless embody college youngsters, lecturers and safety guards.Credit score:AP
The varsity educated youngsters between grades 1 and 11.
The useless embody college youngsters, lecturers and two safety guards. Not less than 20 others have been injured within the taking pictures.
In accordance with the governor and native police, the gunman shot himself. The varsity has been evacuated and space round it has been fenced off, the official mentioned.
Russia’s Investigative Committee, which handles main crimes, mentioned the gunman was carrying a balaclava and a black T-shirt with Nazi symbols. It mentioned his id had not but been established.
Investigators on the scene of the college taking pictures. Credit score:Russian Investigative Committee through AP
Izhevsk, a metropolis of 640,000, is situated west of the Ural mountains in central Russia, about 960 kilometres east of Moscow.
Russia has seen a number of college shootings in recent times.
In Might 2021, a teenage gunman killed seven youngsters and two adults within the metropolis of Kazan. In April 2022, an armed man killed two youngsters and a instructor at a kindergarten within the central Ulyanovsk area earlier than committing suicide
AP, Reuters
