প্রকাশ: 27/09/2022
A gunman opened fire in a school in central Russia on
Monday, killing 17 people and wounding 24 others before shooting himself dead,
authorities said.
The shooting took place in School No. 88 in Izhevsk, a city
960 kilometers (600 miles) east of Moscow in the Udmurtia region.
Russia’s Investigative Committee identified the gunman as
34-year-old Artyom Kazantsev, a graduate of the same school, and said he was
wearing a black t-shirt bearing “Nazi symbols.” No details about his motives
have been released.
The government of Udmurtia said 17 people, including 11
children, were killed in the shooting. According to Russia's Investigative
Committee, 24 other people, including 22 children, were wounded in the attack.
The governor of Udmurtia, Alexander Brechalov, said the
gunman, who he said was registered as a patient at a psychiatric facility,
killed himself after the attack.
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov described the shooting as “a
terrorist act” and said Russian President Vladimir Putin has given all the
necessary orders to the relevant authorities.
“President Putin deeply mourns deaths of people and children
in the school, where a terrorist act took place,” Peskov told reporters Monday.
The school educates children between grades one and 11. It
has been evacuated and the area around it has been cordoned off, the governor
said.
Russia's National Guard said Kazantsev used two non-lethal
handguns adapted to fire real bullets. The guns were not registered with the
authorities.
A criminal probe into the incident has been launched on
charges of multiple murder and illegal possession of firearms.
Izhevsk, a city of 640,000, is located west of the Ural
Mountains in central Russia.
- AP/UNB
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