Nine people, including seven children and two teachers, were killed in a shooting at a high school in the Russian capital, Kazan.
President Rustam Minikhanov confirmed the deaths of seven eighth-graders – four boys and three girls, as well as a teacher. Twelve children and four adults were taken to hospital.
“We lost 7 children. 8th grade students. Four boys and three girls. They died in the building, on the third floor. 16 people, 12 children and four adults are currently in hospital “, Minihanov.
There were two attackers. One, a 19-year-old former graduate of the school, was detained. He had an officially registered weapon. The second shooter was killed by security forces in the high school building. His identity has not yet been established.
One of the attackers entered through the main entrance with an automatic weapon and immediately opened fire, a source from the Ministry of Education told TASS. A staff member was injured at the entrance.
The teacher who died in the shooting had a class with fifth-graders.
Some students jumped out of the windows to escape the shooting. One of the girls said that an explosion first broke out, after which the shooting began.
Kazan
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“We heard gunshots. At first we thought that hooligans were blowing up bombs. This often happens. But then they announced on the sound system that the children should be locked in the classrooms. The situation is dangerous, to stand at the bottom of the classrooms and make a barricade of desks and chairs. In the end, the police took us out, “say eyewitnesses.
The perpetrator of the bloody attack was 19-year-old Ilnaz Galyaviev. He was a last-grader at a local college, where he was recently expelled. He has posted threats on social media that he will do something similar. He identified himself as a god and demanded that everyone obey him. He had a permit to possess a weapon and the media write that he legally acquired the rifle he used for the attack. His motives and why he chose this school continue to be clarified. Tomorrow, May 12, was declared a day of mourning in the Republic of Tatarstan.
BREAKING: Mass shooting in a school in Russia’s city Kazan, multiple people killed. Students jumping off from the school’s window during the scene
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Following the deadly attack, Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered a revision of the rules for carrying weapons in the Russian Federation.
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