A gunman on Monday morning killed fifteen people and wounded 24 others in a school in central Russia, local police said.Seven children were among the 15 victims killed by a gunman at a school in central Russia on Monday, authorities said.
Russia’s Investigative Committee said in a statement that 17 children and seven adults were also injured in the shooting in Izhevsk, west of the Ural mountains in the Udmurtia region.“Any shooting at a school is a cause for deep concern for authorities, families and the nation in general. We have seen that in the United States and many other countries,” said Al Jazeera’s Mohamed Vall, reporting from Moscow. “But Russians are saying this is not a frequent occurrence in Russia – and most of the time it is difficult to establish the motives behind it.”
Citing the committee, Vall said the shooter carried “two pistols on him and a large supply of ammunition”.
Governor of the Udmurtia region, Alexander Brechalov, said in a video statement that the still unidentified shooter got into a school in Izhevsk, the region’s capital, killed a guard and some of the children there. “There are victims among the children, there are wounded too,” Brechalov said.
The school educated children between grades 1 and 11.
According to the governor and local police, the gunman shot himself. The school has been evacuated and area around it has been fenced off, the official said.
No details about the gunman or his motives have been released.
Izhevsk, a city of 640,000, is located west of the Ural mountains in central Russia, about 960 kilometers (596 miles) east of Moscow.
