MOSCOW (AP) — A gunman opened fireplace in a college in central Russia Monday, killing 13 individuals, together with seven youngsters, and wounding 21 others.
Russia’s Investigative Committee mentioned the taking pictures befell in Faculty No. 88 in Izhevsk, a metropolis about 960 kilometers (600 miles) east of Moscow within the Udmurtia area. It recognized the wounded as 14 youngsters and 7 adults.
The governor of Udmurtia, Alexander Brechalov, mentioned in a video assertion that the gunman shot himself.
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov described the taking pictures as “a terrorist act” and mentioned that President Vladimir Putin has given all the mandatory orders to the related authorities.
“President Putin deeply mourns deaths of individuals and youngsters within the faculty, the place a terrorist act befell,” Peskov instructed reporters Monday.
The college educates youngsters between grades 1 and 11. It has been evacuated and the realm round it has been cordoned off, the governor mentioned.
The Investigative Committee recognized the gunman as 34-year-old Artyom Kazantsev, a graduate of the identical faculty. It mentioned in a press release that Kazantsev wore a black t-shirt bearing “Nazi symbols.” No particulars about his motives have been launched.
Russia’s Nationwide Guard mentioned Kazantsev used two non-lethal handguns tailored to fireside actual bullets.
A legal probe into the incident has been launched on fees of a number of homicide and unlawful possession of firearms.
Izhevsk, a metropolis of 640,000, is situated west of the Ural mountains in central Russia.
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