Shooting at a school in Kazan (Russia): at least eight children and a teacher die

At least eight people were killed Tuesday in a shooting at a school in Kazan, a city in central Russia, the press agencies Interfax and Ria Novosti reported, adding that an alleged assailant, a teenager, was arrested. While another of the aggressors, according to the information there were two, has been killed after he barricaded himself in the school: “The second aggressor who attacked the school in Kazan and who had barricaded himself in the building was killed,” said a source. from the security forces to the TASS agency. According to the official count, seven students and a teacher have lost their lives in the event. The president of the Tatarstan region, Rustam Minijanov, has indicated that the eighth fatality is a teacher of the center and added that another twelve students and four adults are hospitalized with injuries of varying degrees. However, the presidency of the region shortly after notified the entry of another four people, bringing the total number of wounded to 20, as reported by the Russian news agency Sputnik. On the other hand, Minijanov has indicated in statements to the Rossiya 24 television network that the Police have arrested the “terrorist”, a 19-year-old young man. Security sources have raised the number of attackers to two and have pointed out that the second has been shot dead, as reported by TASS. The prosecutor of the Republic of Tatarstan, Ildus Nafikov, has traveled to the place in view of the opening of an investigation about the event. A security device and emergency services are deployed at the site to attend to the victims, while the Tatarstan authorities have decreed Wednesday as a day of mourning to commemorate the victims of the shooting.”By decision of the president of the republic on May 12 a day of mourning is decreed in Tatarstan,” said the spokeswoman for the regional presidency, Lilia Galimova. “The forces of order arrested a teenager suspected of being the author of the shooting.” said another source from the security services cited by Ria Novosti. «The author of the shots has been arrested. He is a teenager, “said an anonymous source quoted by the Interfax agency. Images broadcast on television showed dozens of people outside the educational center, surrounded by police and firefighters. “We have heard an explosion inside the school grounds, we see a lot of smoke,” said a witness shortly before, quoted by Ria Novosti. “I was in class, I heard an explosion and then gunshots,” a teacher confirmed to TASS. Russia school shooting in #Kazan: there was an explosion inside School No.175 as well as the shooting. This video via @bazabazon shows a corridor in the aftermath pic.twitter.com/XABB5BI1bm – Sarah Rainsford (@sarahrainsford) May 11, 2021 Security measures increased as a precaution in other schools in the region, local authorities announced.