Izhevsk
\nAt least 13 people were dead, including seven children, in a shooting at a school in the city of Izhevsk in central Russia, investigators said on Monday, as the toll climbed from nine victims reported previously.
\nThe attack was the latest in a series of school shootings that have shaken Russia in recent years and came with the country on edge over efforts to mobilise tens of thousands of men to fight in Ukraine.
\n\u201cThirteen people, including six adults and seven minors, were killed because of this crime,\u201d Russia\u2019s Investigative Committee said in a statement, adding that 14 children and seven adults were injured.
\nAccording to investigators, \u201che was wearing a black top with Nazi symbols and a balaclava\u201d and was not carrying any ID.
\nRussia\u2019s interior ministry also said there were about 20 people injured in the attack.
\nThe region\u2019s governor Alexander Brechalov confirmed there were \u201ccasualties and wounded among children\u201d, speaking in a video statement outside school No88 in Izhevsk.
\nRescue and medical workers could be seen in the background, some running inside the school with stretchers.
\nRussia\u2019s health ministry said \u201c14 ambulance teams\u201d were working at the scene to help the injured, news agencies reported.
\nA city of around 630,000 people, Izhevsk is the regional capital of Russia\u2019s Udmurt Republic, located around 1,000 kilometres (620 miles) east of Moscow.
\nThe attack came just hours after a man had opened fire and severely wounded a recruitment officer at an enlistment centre in Siberia.
\nRussia\u2019s last major school shooting was in April, when an armed man opened fire in a kindergarten in the central Ulyanovsk region, leaving a teacher and two children dead.
\nThe shooter, described as \u201cmentally ill\u201d, was later found dead, with officials saying he had shot himself.
\nTightening gun laws
\nMass shootings at schools and universities in Russia were rare until 2021, when the country was rocked by two separate killing sprees in the central Russian cities of Kazan and Perm that spurred lawmakers to tighten laws regulating access to guns.
\nIn September 2021, a student dressed in black tactical clothing and helmet armed with a hunting rifle swept through Perm State University buildings killing six people, mostly women, and injuring two dozen others.
\nThe gunman resisted arrest and was shot by law enforcement as he was apprehended and moved to a medical facility for treatment.
\nIt was the second such attack that year, after a 19-year-old former student shot dead nine people at his old school in the Kazan in May.
\nInvestigators said that the gunman suffered from a brain disorder, but was deemed fit to receive a license for the semi-automatic shotgun that he used.
\nOn the day of that attack President Vladimir Putin called for a review of gun control laws and the age to acquire hunting rifles was increased from 18 to 21 and medical checks were strengthened.
\nAuthorities have blamed foreign influence for previous school shootings, saying young Russians have been exposed online and on television to similar attacks in the United States and elsewhere.
\nOther high-profile shooting cases have taken place in Russia\u2019s army, putting the issue of hazing in the spotlight in the country were military service is compulsory for men aged between 18 and 27.
\nIn November 2020, a 20-year-old soldier killed three fellow servicemen at a military base near the city of Voronezh. In a similar attack in 2019, a young recruit shot dead eight servicemen, saying he faced bullying and harassment in the army.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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