Russia, school shooting in Izhevsk: 15 dead, including 11 children – Video

Shooting in a school in the Russian city of Izhevskcapital of the Republic of Udmurtia, 960 kilometers east of Moscow: fifteen peopleincluding 11 children, were killed and 24 – including 22 minors – were injured. Two teachers and two security guards also killed.

The attacker, reported the police quoted by Tax, He committed suicide. He was called Artem Kazantsev was born in 1988 and was originally from Izhevsk, as well as a former student of school number 88 where he broke into. The motive is still unclear. He was armed with two blank pistols modified so that he could fire live bullets and wore a shirt with a Nazi symbol and a balaclava. The governor of the Udmurtia region, Alexander Brechalovreported that the man was registered as a patient in a psychiatric facility.

“Investigators from the investigative committee identified the person who attacked the Izhevsk school. He is a graduate of this school – said the Investigative committee -. We are verifying his possible adherence to neo-fascist views and Nazi ideology ”. In the affected school there are pupils between the ages of 1 and 11.