A deadly school shooting by a swastika-wearing gunman in Izhevsk, Russia, has left 15 people dead, including 11 children, according to Russian officials.
The shooter has been identified as Artyom Kazantsev, 34, a former pupil who was suffering from schizophrenia, the Russian Duma’s investigative committee reported, according to RIA Novosti. The investigative committee added that the shooter was dressed in a black t-shirt painted with “Nazi symbols,” wearing a balaclava, and had “hate” written on his weapons’ magazines, Russian state media outlet TASS reported. He used two modified handguns, which originally fired blanks but were modified to fire live ammunition. Videos on social media showed police evacuating children from the building.
#BREAKING At lesat 6 killed in a shooting at a school in the city of Izhevsk, according to #Russia‘s state media pic.twitter.com/PXVDK4WFja
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“As a result of the crime, 39 people were injured, 15 of them died, including 11 children and 4 adults. 24 victims were injured, including 22 children and 2 adults,” officials told RIA Novosti. An emergency Il-76 transportation flight equipped with special medical modules was dispatched to fly some of the most serious of the victims to Moscow for emergency treatment.
Released pictures of the shooter’s magazines apparently back up the investigative committee’s finding that they had “hate” written on them in red.
#Russia: The two pistols used by a mass shooter to attack a school in #Izhevsk– these are converted blank-firing Makarov PM-pattern pistols, not original military/police guns. At least 24 magazines carried (All seen loaded here, so 30+ seems likely), with 14 killed. pic.twitter.com/j5o8qKknLF
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A slightly censored but still highly graphic video released by the investigative committee shows the shooter’s corpse with a red swastika painted on his chest.
The shooter committed suicide, the regional Ministry of the Interior said, TASS reported. The school is home to 982 students and employs 80 teachers.
A video showed hundreds of Russians flocking to the school to lay flowers and children’s toys out in remembrance.
The death toll in the Izhevsk school has increased to 17 people, media write. Nine more children are in intensive care.
Hundreds of citizens come to the scene of the tragedy, bring flowers and children’s toys. pic.twitter.com/5obSWlfJUX
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A video published by TASS reportedly shows a student hiding in a classroom during the shooting as gunshots can be heard echoing throughout the building.
WARNING GRAPHIC: Death Toll of Russia School Shooting Rises to 15 – Officials
The injury toll for the Izhevsk massacre has also risen to 39 people. pic.twitter.com/hZCV84fkvj
— Tass News Agency (@TassNewsAgency) September 26, 2022
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Kremlin spokesman Dmitri Peskov said Russian President Vladimir Putin mourned the “inhuman act of terrorism.”
