No fewer than 11 persons including a school teacher and some students have been reported dead after an open shooting at School no. 175 in the central city of Kazan, an attack reportedly carried out by a ex-student of the school.
Footage shared on social media showed some children jumping from windows to escape as well as injured people being evacuated. Russian TV reported that two of the children died after jumping from a second-floor window.
A teenager suspected to be the culprit was detained after the attack at the school, located some 820km (510 miles) east of Moscow in the mainly Muslim republic of Tatarstan.
Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov described the shooting as a “tragedy”.
He told reporters outside the school that in addition to the fatalities, 12 children and four adults were being treated in hospital.
“The terrorist has been arrested. He’s 19. He’s a registered firearm owner,” he said.
Responding to the attack, Russian President Vladimir Putin said he would review Russia’s gun control laws.
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