Most of the victims were children.
A teenager was detained after the attack at the school, located some 820km (510 miles) east of Moscow in the mainly Muslim republic of Tatarstan. Police have opened an investigation, but no motive has yet been established.
Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov described the shooting as a "disaster" and a "tragedy"....BBC
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At least 11 people have been killed and many more wounded after two gunmen opened fire in a school in the Russian city of Kazan, the RIA news agency reported, citing the emergency services ministry.
ReplyDeleteTwo children could be seen leaping from the third floor of the four-storey School Number 175 as gunshots sounded, in a video filmed by an onlooker that was circulated by RIA.
Some Russian news agencies reported two teenage gunmen were involved and others said a sole shooter took part.
RIA said one 19-year-old gunman had been detained and that an explosion had been heard at the school.
At least nine people have died, with 16 injured, during a shooting at a school in Kazan, the capital of the Republic of Tatarstan, on Tuesday morning. The alleged perpetrator survived the incident and has been detained by police.
ReplyDelete"We have lost seven children, eighth-grade students, four boys and three girls," Tatarstan's President Rustam Minnikhanov told the Russia-24 rolling news channel. "They died on the third floor, and 16 more people are now in hospital."
"The terrorist was arrested. He is 19-years-old, no weapons are officially registered to him and no other accomplices have been identified," Minnikhanov continued.
Students and teachers were evacuated from the building as eyewitnesses said they had heard shots and an explosion at School No. 175 in the central Russian city. Some of those inside were seen climbing from windows to escape the gunfire.
Authorities confirmed later on Tuesday that one attacker had been detained, a 19-year old man with a registered firearm. A second was initially said to have still been engaged in a standoff with police inside the school, but officials have since said that the teenager is thought to have acted alone.
DeleteThe president of Tatarstan, Rustam Minnikhanov, arrived at the scene later on Tuesday morning, speaking with officers outside the school. He has told reporters that at least four boys and three girls had been killed in the incident, and that police officers have now secured the area.
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