As a result of the shooting at a Russian university, at least eight people were killed and 24 were injured. The person in charge has already been detained – News
According to Reuters agencyThe shooter has already been identified by the Russian Investigative Committee, an agency that investigates serious crimes, as a student at the attacked Perm State University, 1,300 kilometers east of Moscow.
The responsible shot at the people who were at the university. The first balance took into account five deaths and six injuries, but Russian agency TASS it has already conducted a new assessment with the Russian Investigative Committee, according to which eight dead and 24 injured.
Several students were forced to throw themselves out of the windows on the ground floor of the building where the attack took place in order to avoid the shooting – these injuries were sustained both as a result of the use of firearms and as a result of an attempt to escape. According to local health authorities, 19 people are being treated with gunshot wounds.
Another video circulating on social media, but which has yet to be proven, shows the alleged perpetrator of the attack, armed with a shotgun, heading towards the university.
The motives of the student who was wounded during the arrest by the police, according to TASS, are still unknown, and the authorities are looking for accomplices in this attack.
Russian presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov said that Vladimir Putin, who is currently in quarantine due to the outbreak of the coronavirus in the Kremlin, is aware of what has happened. “The President expresses deep condolences to those who have lost relatives and friends as a result of the incident,” he said.
According to Reuters, Russia has strict rules on gun ownership for civilians, but certain categories are available, such as hunting, self-defense or sports, and you must pass tests to get them.
Shooting in schools and universities in Russia was rare, but has increased in recent years. President Vladimir Putin denounced this growth as a phenomenon imported from the United States and a perverse effect of globalization.
The previous similar incident occurred on May 11 this year, when a 19-year-old boy opened fire on a school in Kazan (southwest) and killed nine people.
On the same day, Putin ordered a review of the rules for carrying weapons, since the perpetrator was allowed to use semi-automatic weapons.
In October 2018, a student killed 19 people before committing suicide at an institute in Kerch, a city on the Ukrainian peninsula of Crimea that Russia annexed in 2014.
Authorities say they have foiled dozens of plans to attack training centers in recent years, usually by teenagers.
In February 2020, security forces arrested two young people born in 2005, ethnic Russians, who were very active in virtual forums apologizing for murder and suicide.
