A “terrorist” attack on a Russian military training site left at least 11 dead and 15 wounded.
Moscow:
A “terrorist” attack on a Russian military training site in the Belgorod region bordering Ukraine left at least 11 dead and 15 injured, Russian news agencies said on Saturday, leading source from the Department of Defense.
Two citizens from a former Soviet country opened fire during training and “both were killed in retaliation,” the ministry said in a statement run by state news agencies. .
“On October 15, two nationals of an CIS country carried out a terrorist act at the training range of the Western military district in the Belgorod region,” the defense ministry was quoted as saying.
The CIS, or Community of Independent States, was formed among the republics of the Soviet Union.
The ministry said the attack took place during a training session for volunteers participating in the special military operation in Ukraine.
The news agency said: “As a result, 11 people died. Another 15 people were injured with different weights and were taken to medical facilities.”
More than 200,000 people have enlisted in the Russian armed forces since the announcement of partial mobilization on September 21.
The draft publication sparked protests and several attacks on recruitment offices.
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