Investigators and Russia’s Interior Ministry said on Monday that a gunman killed at least nine people, five of them children, and injured 20 others at a school in Izhevsk, Russia.
“As a result of this crime, nine people were killed, including two school guards and two teachers, as well as five young children,” a statement published in Russia’s Investigative Committee Telegram said. Said.
According to the Ministry of the Interior and the Investigative Committee, the gunman committed suicide. “The body of the man who opened fire was found by the police. According to the reports, he committed suicide,” the ministry said on Telegram.
Investigators said the man wore a black T-shirt with Nazi symbols and wool on it and did not carry any identification.
Alexander Brechalov, the governor of the Udmurtia region, whose capital is Izhevsk, confirmed that children were among the dead and injured.
The school, which covers grades 1 to 11, has been evacuated and fenced, according to a police official.
Izhevsk, a city of 630,000 people, is located about 960 kilometers east of Moscow, west of the Ural Mountains in central Russia.
source: Noticias
