Moscow: A gunman has killed 13 folks, together with seven youngsters, at a college in central Russia, authorities stated.
Governor of the Udmurtia area, Alexander Brechalov, stated in a video assertion that the nonetheless unidentified shooter acquired into a college in Izhevsk, the area’s capital, killed a guard and among the youngsters there. “There are victims among the many youngsters, there are wounded too,” Brechalov stated.
The lifeless embrace college youngsters, academics and safety guards.Credit score:AP
The college educated youngsters between grades 1 and 11.
The lifeless embrace college youngsters, academics and two safety guards. No less than 20 others had been injured within the taking pictures.
In keeping with the governor and native police, the gunman shot himself. The college has been evacuated and space round it has been fenced off, the official stated.
Russia’s Investigative Committee, which handles main crimes, stated the gunman was sporting a balaclava and a black T-shirt with Nazi symbols. It stated his id had not but been established.
Investigators on the scene of the varsity taking pictures. Credit score:Russian Investigative Committee through AP
Izhevsk, a metropolis of 640,000, is positioned west of the Ural mountains in central Russia, about 960 kilometres east of Moscow.
Russia has seen a number of college shootings lately.
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 trainer at a kindergarten within the central Ulyanovsk area earlier than committing suicide
AP, Reuters
