Shooting incident in school in Russia kills at least 17, injures another 24 - gunman takes his own life

A gunman opens fire in a school in central Russia, kills at least 17 people and injures another 24 before committing suicide. The tragic incident happened in the city of Izhevsk, a city located some 600 miles east of Moscow. Russian authorities have identified the gunman. He was in his early 30s and a graduate of the same school. It seems he wore a black T-shirt bearing “Nazi symbols.” His motives are still shrouded in mystery. The dead included 11 children. Another 22 children suffered injuries in the attack. According to the governor of Udmurtia, Alexander Brechalov, the gunman was registered as a patient at a psychiatric facility. He committed suicide after the attack. Russian President Vladimir Putin denounced the attack as “inhuman.” Russia: At least 17 dead, 24 wounded in Izhevsk school shooting. A spokesman of the Kremlin said - “President Putin deeply mourns the deaths of people, children, at a school where there was a terrorist attack by a person, who apparently belongs to a neo-fascist group.” He added - the president wishes for the recovery of those injured as a result of this inhuman terrorist attack.

Authorities of Russia reveals that the gunman used two non-lethal handguns adapted to fire real bullets. The guns were not registered. The authorities have launched criminal investigation into the incident on charges of multiple murders and illegal possession of firearms. After the incident, students were made to evacuate the premises and it was cordoned off. The school caters to children aged six to 17. The population of the city of Izhevsk is about 640,000 people and it is located west of the Ural Mountains in central Russia. While shooting in schools is more frequent in the United States and many other countries, it is not so in Russia. In April 2022, a man killed two children and a teacher at a kindergarten in the central Ulyanovsk region before killing himself. Before that, in May 2021, a lone teenage gunman opened fire in the city of Kazan and killed nine people. Seven of them were children. In another incident of 2018, a student at a college in Russian-annexed Crimea killed 20 people. Then he committed suicide. Incidentally, in Russia, military service is compulsory for men aged between 18 and 27. There have been a few incidents in the past of death from gun violence in the military.

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Another shooting incident has taken place in Kansas - at least four people have been killed and nearly 20 have been wounded after a gunman went on a shooting spree in an industrial area in Kansas. The suspect has been identified and is a 38-year-old who was an employee of a lawn mower manufacturer in the town of Hesston. It is a community of 3700 people.
This has been reported in news.sky.com dated 26 February 2016.

The gunman drove around in his car and kept firing from it before being shot dead by police inside the Excel building. Witnesses have said that the gunman first shot a woman in the parking lot before entering the assembly area and opening fire there.
As informed by a local hospital, it was treating six of the attack victims and that five of them were in a serious condition. A second hospital had received three of the injured.
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Gunman attacks Colorado abortion clinic - leaves 3 dead, 9 wounded

Another case of a gunman attacking innocent civilians has been revealed in Colorado Springs - police have arrested the gunman who had stormed a Planned Parenthood abortion clinic in Colorado Springs and opened fire with a rifle. The attack left three people dead and nine others injured. The dead included one police officer and two civilians. This has been informed by Colorado Springs Police Chief an hour after the suspect had been captured.
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The nine surviving victims consisting of five police officers and four civilians are reported to be out of danger and in good condition at area hospitals.
It seems the suspect had first engaged in a protracted gun battle with police but ultimately surrendered to officers inside the building about five hours after the start of the violence.
Incidentally, the Colorado Springs clinic has been the target of repeated protests by anti-abortion activists. As a result, it had shifted to new quarters on the city`s northwest side. This facility had been derided as a "fortress" by critics of Planned Parenthood.
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The Charleston Police Chief has waned that the gunman is "extremely dangerous" and both he and the Mayor believe it to be a hate crime.
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