Firing In a School in Russia
Highlights
- Indiscriminate firing inside a school in Russia
- 15 killed and 24 injured in the attack
- 11 children are included in the dead, 22 children are among the injured.
Firing In Russia: A man entered a school in Russia and started firing indiscriminately. In this firing, 15 people lost their lives while 24 people were badly injured. Russia’s investigative committee said in a statement released online that the shooting took place at a school in Izhevsk, the capital of Udmurtia. The city of Izhevsk is located about 960 km east of Moscow. The committee said that 11 children were among the dead and 22 children were among the injured. Russia’s investigative committee has identified the gunman as 34-year-old Artyom Kazantsev, who graduated from the same school. It was also reported that the attacker was wearing a black T-shirt with ‘Nazi symbols’ on it. At present, there is no information about the motive of the attack.
shot himself after firing
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov called the shooting a terrorist incident and said President Vladimir Putin had given all necessary orders to the relevant departments. Udmurtia governor Aleksandr Brechalov said the gunman shot himself. The governor told that the school where the attack took place, the students from class 1 to 11 are taught. He said the school has been evacuated and the area has been cordoned off. About 640,000 people live in Izhevsk. It is located in the west of the Ural Mountains region of central Russia. The shooting incident took place at school number 88 in the city of Izhevsk. The city is located in the Udmurtia region of the Eastern Region, 960 km from Moscow. Russia’s National Guard said Kazantsev used two non-lethal handguns to fire the real gun.
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