A shooting occurred at a school in the city of Izhevsk, Russian interior ministry said on Monday. According to the Russian Investigative Committe, the attacker killed 13 people, including 7 children, while 21 people were wounded.
"Regarding the situation at school No. 88: all forces and means have been brought in. All the [law enforcement] services and medics are working on the spot. I arrived at the scene, they will promptly report on everything that happens," head of Russia's Udmurt Republic Aleksandr Brechalov said, reporting from the site of the incident.
He said that the attacker killed a school guard and later took his live.
"Today, immediately after the police received a report of a shooting at school No. 88 in the city of Izhevsk, employees of the Ministry of Internal Affairs for the Udmurt Republic went to the scene and attempted to detain the suspect. As of now, the police have found the body of the man who opened fire," a report says, citing the police.
According to lawmaker Alexander Khinshtein, the perpetrator had two rubber-bullet handguns, remodeled for live ammunition.
