MOSCOW, Dec 7 (Reuters) – A 14-year-old girl shot a fellow pupil dead and wounded five other children on Thursday before killing herself at a school in the Russian city of Bryansk, officials said.
“According to preliminary investigation data, a 14-year-old girl brought a pump-action shotgun to school, from which she fired shots at her classmates,” Russia’s Investigative Committee said in a statement.
Investigators were working to establish the motive, the statement said.
Regional governor Alexander Bogomaz called it a “terrible tragedy”. He said the five people wounded were all children with mild or moderate injuries.
The news outlet Mash published what it said was a photograph of the dead shooter, sprawled on the floor and dressed all in black. It said she was also armed with a hunting knife.
The photo appeared to show a long-handled knife tucked into her right boot.
Guns are normally tightly controlled in Russia, but Bryansk is one of several southern regions that have seen cross-border attacks in the course of the war with Ukraine, and where Moscow has encouraged the formation of self-defence units.
“Together with law enforcement agencies, we are determining the circumstances under…
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