Gunman kills 13, including 5 children, at school in Russia’s Izhevsk

The gunman, who killed himself after the shooting, was wearing a balaclava and a black t-shirt with Nazi symbols. His identity has not been established yet.

Representational image | An aerial view of Izhevsk | Commons

Moscow: At least 13 people have died in a school shooting in the Russian city of Izhevsk, the TASS news agency quoted Russia’s Investigative Committee as saying on Monday.

Investigators previously said a gunman had killed nine, including five children, at the school before committing suicide.

The motive for the shooting in Izhevsk, capital of the Udmurtia region about 970 km (600 miles) east of Moscow, was unclear.

Russia’s Investigative Committee, which handles major crimes, said the gunman was wearing a balaclava and a black teeshirt with Nazi symbols. It said his identity had not yet been established.

The committee said the other victims were two teachers and two security guards. Information was still being gathered on the number of people wounded.

Russia has seen several school shootings in recent years.

In May 2021, a teenage gunman killed seven children and two adults in the city of Kazan. In April 2022, an armed man killed two children and a teacher at a kindergarten in the central Ulyanovsk region before committing suicide.