On the morning of Thursday, December 7, an eighth-grader started shooting at Bryansk gymnasium No. 5. As a result, one schoolgirl died and five were injured. After this, the girl who shot committed suicide. Details of the incident are in the Izvestia article.
Bryansk school shooting: list of victims and dead
The tragedy in Bryansk gymnasium No. 5 occurred on the morning of Thursday, December 7. During the second lesson, there was a shooting in the building: 8th grade student Alina A. came to school with a shotgun and opened fire on her classmates in a biology lesson. As a result, one girl, 14-year-old Maria N., died, and five more teenagers were taken to hospitals with moderate injuries. Telegram channel 112 provides a complete list of the wounded, including four boys and a girl:
— Timofey B.,
— Vitaly D.,
— Peter E.,
— Timur D.,
— Evelina K.
According to Assistant to the Head of the Ministry of Health Alexei Kuznetsov, one of the victims is already undergoing surgery. “Telemedicine consultations with federal clinics are planned. The work is coordinated by the Federal Center for Disaster Medicine of the Russian Ministry of Health. The head of the Ministry of Health, Mikhail Murashko, took personal control of providing assistance to the victims,” Kuznetsov said.
Izvestia has footage of the evacuation of students during the incident.
Footage of the evacuation of students from a Bryansk school
Bryansk school shooting: what is known about the shooter
According to the latest data, the emergency occurred during the second lesson, at about 9:15, in gymnasium No. 5, located at the address: Moskovsky microdistrict, 56.
8th grade student Alina A. came to school with a Bekas-3 shotgun that belonged to her father. Presumably, the weapon was hidden in a tube; she managed to fire several shots.
A student at a Bryansk gymnasium told 112 that Alina was bullied by her classmates. Today she was late for class, went up to the fourth floor, entered the classroom, sat down, and then took out a gun and started shooting at her offenders.
In turn, Alina’s father explained to 112 that did not know about the missing gun. 53-year-old Dmitry told investigators that he kept the weapon as it should be: in a metal cabinet under lock and key. All documents for the 16 gauge Bekas are in order. Most likely, the daughter stole the key to the gun safe and took a shotgun and a hunting knife. The man did not see the girl leaving for school.
Dmitry also found it difficult to answer what became the motive for the bloody massacre of his classmates. According to him, the daughter did not complain about bullying on their part. If there was any bullying, the girl kept her experiences to herself and did not share with her family.
Bryansk school shooting: what happened
According to one of the students, after information about the shooting was received, the teacher closed the door and told the students to sit quietly.
“We were sitting in an office on the third floor, our windows overlooked the area, that is, we saw all the cars. My friend received a message about the shooting. We thought it was a joke, but after that the teacher stood up and closed the door, telling us to sit quietly. We sat quietly. Then messages began to come, different versions, that she had killed three people,” he said.
Another student said that the situation raised concerns among both teachers and students.
“They gave a signal to the teachers to close the door from the inside and sit until it became clear. Well, until the situation was resolved, and then all the children were evacuated. Of course, we were afraid that the girl might come into our room, someone was constantly knocking on our office, of course, there was such fear,” he noted.
According to the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs for the Bryansk region, police officers immediately went to the scene of the incident. The reasons and circumstances of what happened this morning are being established. According to officials, after the police arrived, the school was cordoned off and the students were sent home. Based on the fact of the emergency, the Investigative Committee opened a criminal case for the murder of two or more persons (Part 2 of Article 105 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation).
“According to preliminary data from the investigation, a 14-year-old girl brought a pump-action shotgun to school, from which she fired shots at her classmates. As a result of the incident, two died (one of them was the shooter), five were injured,” the department said in a message on Telegram.
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Hunting rifle “Bekas-3” from which the shots were fired
School employees told Izvestia that there was a woman on guard. They don’t know how students are screened at the security post, since they come to work early.
Help for the wounded as a result of the school shooting in Bryansk
The families of the deceased schoolgirl and those wounded in the shooting at Bryansk gymnasium No. 5 will be provided with all the necessary assistance, the regional governor Alexander Bogomaz assured.
“My sincere condolences to the parents of the girl who died at the hands of the gunman. This is an irreparable loss. The families of the dead girl and injured children will be provided with all necessary assistance,” he wrote on Telegram.
The head of the region confirmed that two schoolgirls were killed, including the 14-year-old girl who opened fire. Five minors were injured, two had mild injuries, three had moderate injuries, all of them were receiving medical assistance.
The Russian Ministry of Education will also provide assistance to the families of dead and injured schoolchildren. “The Russian Ministry of Education expresses deep condolences. A group from the federal ministry was quickly sent to the region, which works with operational services on the spot, as well as departmental psychologists to provide the necessary support to schoolchildren, teachers and parents,” the department reported.
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