- Several people were killed and injured in a shooting in a Russian school.
- According to the national investigative committee, 15 people were killed in the attack.
- 11 children were among the dead.
“In Udmurtia today there was a tragedy in Izhevsk at school 88,” said Governor Alexander Brechalov shortly after the fact. “There are victims among the children and injured,” he said. In the afternoon, the investigators also named the identity of the perpetrator, it was a 34-year-old who was once a student there.
Investigations began into the background of the crime in the city around 1200 kilometers east of the Russian capital Moscow. Investigators said the man was wearing a black T-shirt with Nazi symbols and a balaclava. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said he “apparently belonged to a neo-fascist organization or group.”
Putin condemns attack
According to the authorities, the man took his own life after the crime. There had previously been talk of 13 dead, including at least two teachers and two security guards. The Interior Ministry of the Udmurt Republic initially spoke of 6 dead and 20 injured in the city of Izhevsk in the morning.
Russian President Vladimir Putin condemned the “inhuman act of terrorism”. “The President deeply mourns the deaths of people and children in this school,” said his spokesman Peskov.