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At least seven children were killed when a gunman wearing a Nazi emblem opened fire on a school in the western Russian city of Izhevsk, Russian state media reported on Monday.
According to state news agency TASS, 13 deaths have been recorded so far. Among the dead was a school security guard, the head of regional government Alexander Brechalovn said in a video statement.
Investigators said 21 people, including 14 children, were injured, TASS reported.
According to TASS, the shooter, who is believed to be wearing a black T-shirt with Nazi insignia and a helmet, died by suicide following the attack. Authorities are still working to identify the man they believe caused the school shooting, as no documents have been found on the suspect, the state news agency reported.
This is at least the second school shooting in Russia in the past two years. In May 2021A gunman killed seven children at a school in Kazan, the capital of the Russian Republic of Tatarstan.
Monday’s attack took place at School 88 in Izhevsk, the capital of Russia’s Udmurtia region. Brechalovn said it has since been evacuated.
Izhevsk is home to more than 600,000 people, making it one of the 20 most populous cities in Russia. It was founded as a steelmaking settlement in 1760 and remains a prominent industrial center.
The city is perhaps best known as the home of the AK-47 rifle and as the longtime residence of the Soviet lieutenant general credited with its development, Mikhail Kalashnikov.
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, composer of Swan Lake and the ballet The Nutcracker, was born in the Udmurtia region.
