Massacre in Kazan. Russia is also not immune to these events
On Tuesday, a man described as a former student of a school in the southwestern Russian city of Kazan entered the building and began shooting random young students, killing at least 8, including seven middle school students and a teacher.
The shooting apparently continued for an extended period of time as 21 others were hospitalized, according to the Associated Press, and some of the dead and wounded jumped out of a third-floor window as they tried to escape the hail of bullets. .
Russian special intervention groups, similar to SWAT, intervened.
Police are said to be now investigating whether the 19-year-old killer had accomplices in a massacre that is likened to the 2004 Beslan school siege, which resulted in over 330 deaths after a major Islamist terror attack and a crisis of hostages.
Photo of the 19-year-old killer
The governor of the provincial republic Rustam Minnikhanov confirmed later in the day that “The terrorist has been arrested, (he is) 19 years old. A weapon is registered in his name. Other accomplices have not been ascertained, an investigation is underway ”.
"We have lost seven children… four boys and three girls," Minnikhanov said according to Reuters. He also described that the killings at school No. 175 of Kazan were carried out by a registered gun owner. The eighth confirmed death was a teacher.
Interior of the school
According to local media reports, of the 21 people currently hospitalized with injuries, 18 children are children and six are still in "seriously serious condition".
Russian media reports are also specifying that the shooter posted messages on the internet last week saying he intended to kill many people. The teenager had reportedly been expelled from the same school previously.
Authorities in the Tatarstan region say a shooting spree and an explosion at a school in the regional capital, Kazan, has left eight people dead, prompting #Russia President Vladimir Putin to order a clampdown on weapons. https://t.co/sQTNp6NChV
– Steve Herman (@ W7VOA) May 11, 2021
Russian President Putin was obviously very impressed by this and said that he will immediately consider measures to reduce the port of arms.
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