At least 13 people were killed, seven of them minors, in a shooting at a school in Izhevsk, a city at the foot of the Urals in Russia, according to the Russian Instruction Committee.
“According to preliminary data, this crime ended the lives of thirteen people, six adults and seven children.“Says the agency in a statement published on its website. The note adds that another 14 minors and 7 adults were injured.
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Previously, the Russian Interior Ministry had reported at least six deaths and 20 injuries as a result of the event.
The head of the capital of the Russian republic of Udmurtia, Alexander Brechalov, previously wrote on Telegram that “a tragedy had occurred in Izhevsk, at school number 88.”
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“An unidentified person entered the school, killed a guard. There are victims among children and wounded“, said.
Brechalov, who immediately went to the place of the event, stated that the shooter has committed suicide.
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It was also confirmed by the Ministry of the Interior of the Russian republic, who reported the discovery of the body of the attacker, who, according to the authorities, was armed with two pistols converted to shoot with lethal ammunition. On the magazines of the pistol, images of which were broadcast in the media, the word “hate” can be read, written in red ink.
In Izhevsk school 88, located a few meters from the city administration, about a thousand students study, according to Russian media.
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