Russia school shooting: Gunman kills 9 including five children before killing himself
Russia , Sept 26: A gunman opened fire at a school in central Russia on Monday, killing at least nine people, including five children, and injuring twenty, Russia’s Investigative Committee said in a statement on Telegram.
“Nine people were killed because of this crime, including two security guards of the educational institution and two teachers, as well as five minors,” the statement read.
The shooting took place at school number 88 in the city of Izhevsk. The school has almost 1000 pupils and 80 teachers.
About 20 people were also wounded in the attack, Russia’s interior ministry said.
“The body of the man who opened fire has now been found by police. According to reports, he committed suicide,” the ministry said on Telegram.
The region’s governor Alexander Brechalov confirmed there were “casualties and wounded among children” while speaking in a video statement outside the school in Izhevsk.
According to investigators, the shooter was wearing a “black top with Nazi symbols and a balaclava.”
Media reports say that the attacker allegedly killed the security guard before going on to shoot at the children. Later, the shooter allegedly shot himself in one of the classrooms on thr fourth floor of the school building.
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Visuals shared on TV channels show students and teachers being evacuated from the school and ambulances arriving at the scene. Rescue and medical workers could be seen running inside the school with stretchers.
A BBC report said that the school is located in the centre of Izhevsk, a city of about 650,000 residents, close to central government buildings. Izhevsk is the capital of the Udmurtia region, located to the west of the Ural mountains, some 960 kilometers (596 miles) east of Moscow.
-PTI
